An extraordinary, characteristic crane shot in Mizoguchi’s exquisite, classic ghostfable Ugetsu Monogatari starts with the camera high up, looking over the bustling streets of a 16th-century Japanese ...
Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) A haunting fable about the vanity of human wishes, as incarnated in two men in 16th-century Japan: a potter and a merchant. One yearns for riches, and is ...
Details: 1953, Japan, Rest of the world, UK, Cert NC, 93 mins Direction: Kenji Mizoguchi Summary: In war-torn sixteenth century Japan, a potter and a farmer leave their respective wives, one to become ...