Ugetsu


Ugetsu or Ugetsu Monogatari ? is a 1953 blackandwhite Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and based on stories in Ueda Akinaris book of the same name. It is a ghost story and an example of the jidaigeki period drama genre. Set in AzuchiMomoyama period Japan, it stars Masayuki Mori and Machiko Ky. It is one of Mizoguchis most celebrated films, regarded by critics as a masterwork of Japanese cinema and a definitive piece during Japans Golden Age of Film. Along with Akira Kurosawas 1950 film Rashomon, Ugetsu is credited with having popularized Japanese cinema in the West.

Genjur decides to take the pots to a different marketplace, and the two couples travel across a lake. Out of the thick fog another boat appears. The sole passenger tells them he was attacked by pirates, warns them back to their homes, then dies. The two men decide to return their wives to the shore. Tbeis wife refuses to go Miyagi begs Genjur not to leave her, but is left on the shore with their young son, Genichi, clasped to her back. At market, Genjurs pottery sells well. After taking his promised share of the profits, Tbei runs off to buy samurai armor, and sneaks into the ranks of a clan of samurai. Lost from her companions, Ohama has wandered beyond Nagahama in her desperate search for Tbei. She is raped by a group of soldiers.Genjur is visited by a noblewoman and her female servant, who order several pieces of pottery and tell him to take them to the Kutsuki mansion. Genjur learns that Nobunagas soldiers have attacked the manor and killed all who lived there, except Lady Wakasa and her servant. He also learns that Lady Wakasas father haunts the manor. Genjur is seduced by Lady Wakasa, and she convinces him to marry her. Meanwhile, Nakanog is under attack. Miyagi and her son hide from soldiers and are found by an elderly woman who hurries them to safety. In the woods, several soldiers desperately search her for food. She fights with the soldiers and is stabbed. She collapses with her son still clutching her back. ........

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