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 ...

Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1953 “Ugetsu,” a mystical tale of love, art and war set in 16th Century Japan, may be the most beautiful of all the world’s black-and-white films. Frame by frame, shot by shot, it ...

Tale of two men in seething 16th-century Japan has a color and panorama which makes this absorbing film fare. The trials of the two men, one a potter (Masayuki Mori) who gets involved with a phantom ...

"Ugetsu," also known as "Ugetsu Monogatari," is a must-own for any serious collector -- one of the greatest films ever made, and the first major work by Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi to be ...

The University of Wisconsin Cinematheque's fall lineup of foreign films opened this weekend with "Ugetsu Monogatari," the first in a series titled "Distant Observer" that features the canonical work ...

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 ...

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