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By the time he made Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi was already an elder statesman of Japanese cinema, fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other directors of a younger generation. And with this exquisite ghost story, a fatalistic wartime tragedy derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, he created a touchstone of his art, his long takes and sweeping camera guiding the viewer through a delirious narrative about two villagers whose pursuit of fame and fortune leads them far astray from their loyal wives. Moving between the terrestrial and the otherworldly, Ugetsu reveals essential truths about the ravages of war, the plight of women, and the pride of men.
Ugetsu was restored by The Film Foundation and Kadokawa Corporation at Cineric Laboratories in New York. Special thanks to Masahiro Miyajima and Martin Scorsese for their consultation on this restoration. Restoration funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in association with The Film Foundation and Kadokawa Corporation.
Original Release
03/26/1953
US Release
02/26/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Machiko Kyô | Lady Wakasa |
Mitsuko Mito | Ohama |
Kinuyo Tanaka | Miyagi |
Masayuki Mori | Genjurô |
Eitarô Ozawa | Tôbei |
Sugisaku Aoyama | Old Priest |
Mitsusaburô Ramon | Captain of Tamba Soldiers |
Ryôsuke Kagawa | Village Master |
Kichijirô Ueda | Shop Owner |
Shôzô Nanbu | Shintô Priest |
Directors
Writers
Hisakazu Tsuji, Akinari Ueda, Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda, Isamu Yoshii
Cast
Name | Character |
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Machiko Kyô | Lady Wakasa |
Mitsuko Mito | Ohama |
Kinuyo Tanaka | Miyagi |
Masayuki Mori | Genjurô |
Eitarô Ozawa | Tôbei |
Sugisaku Aoyama | Old Priest |
Mitsusaburô Ramon | Captain of Tamba Soldiers |
Ryôsuke Kagawa | Village Master |
Kichijirô Ueda | Shop Owner |
Shôzô Nanbu | Shintô Priest |
Kikue Môri | Ukon |
Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka | Soldier |
Ichiro Amano | Boatsman |
Saburo Date | Vassal |
Fumihiko Yokoyama | Meshiro |
Ichisaburo Sawamura | Genichi |
Koji Murata | Armored Knight |
Yukio Horikita | Armored knight |
Akira Shimizu | Armored knight |
Shuntarô Tamamura | Armored knight |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1956 | Oscar | Best Costume Design, Black-and-White | Nominated |