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'''''Ugetsu''''', aka '''''Ugetsu monogatari''''', is a [[1953]] film by |
'''''Ugetsu''''', aka '''''Ugetsu monogatari''''', is a [[1953]] film by [[Japan]]ese director [[Kenji Mizoguchi]]. The film, set in Medieval Japan, stars [[Masayuki Mori]] and [[Machiko Kyo|Machiko Kyō]], and is inspired by stories by [[Ueda Akinari]] and [[Guy de Maupassant]]. |
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It is Mizoguchi's most celebrated film, and regarded by critics as a seminal masterwork of [[Japanese cinema]]. |
It is Mizoguchi's most celebrated film, and regarded by critics as a seminal masterwork of [[Japanese cinema]]. |
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| Directed by | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Written by | Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Akinari Ueda, Yoshikata Yoda |
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata |
| Starring | Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō, Kinuyo Tanaka |
| Distributed by | Daiei |
Release dates |  March 26, 1953  September 7, 1954 |
Running time | 94 min. |
| Language | Japanese |
Ugetsu, aka Ugetsu monogatari, is a 1953 film by Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi. The film, set in Medieval Japan, stars Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō, and is inspired by stories by Ueda Akinari and Guy de Maupassant.
It is Mizoguchi's most celebrated film, and regarded by critics as a seminal masterwork of Japanese cinema.
Ugetsu is a ghost story, in which a peasant craftsman in Medieval Japan is undone by his greed. Typical of Mizoguchi's films, Ugetsu is politically oriented toward the ways women suffer at the hands of men; also typically, it features stunning visual arrangements and meticulously orchestrated long takes, as well as obfuscating elements like fog and silence.
Ugetsu won the Silver Lion Award for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival in 1953. The film has made multiple appearances in Sight and Sound magazine's top ten critics poll of the greatest movies ever made, which is held once every decade. In 2000, The Village Voice newspaper ranked Ugetsu at #29 on their list of the 100 best films of the 20th century.
Availability
On November 8, 2005, Ugetsu became available for the first time on Region 1 DVD when The Criterion Collection released a 2-disc edition of the film, which includes numerous special features such as a 150-minute documentary on Mizoguchi directed by Kaneto Shindo. The boxset also includes a booklet with an essay and three short stories from which the film draws inspiration: Akinari Ueda's The House in the Thicket and Lust of the Serpent, and Guy de Maupassant's How He Got the Legion of Honor.
External links
- Ugetsu monogatari at IMDb
- Criterion Collection essay by Phillip Lopate
- Review of Criterion DVD of Ugetsu
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