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Kenji Mizoguchi
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Kenji Mizoguchi - filmography
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Akasen Chitai / Yokihi
(2 discs)
on DVD (1955)
Starring: Machiko Kyo, Aiko Mimasu, Masayuki Mori
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Akasen Chitai [Red Light District, aka Street of Shame] sadly, the very last film by Kenji Mizoguchi (Sansho Dayu, Ugetsu Monogatari) presents a vivid portrait of prostitution in 1950s Japan. In a Tokyo brothel named Dreamland an obvious irony given the faded hopes of those who work there the lives ..read more »
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The Life Of Oharu
on DVD (1952)
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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The story chronicles the decline through exile, concubinage and prostitution of Oharu Okui. Her sufferings and treatment are analysed until she is finally discarded like an inanimate object. Japanese dialogue with subtitles.
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The 47 Ronin - Parts 1 And 2
(1941)
Starring: Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa, Daisuke Kato
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Renowned by postwar scholars, "The 47 Ronin" is director Kenji Mizoguchi's (Ugetsu) poetic and complex retelling of a classic Japanese legend. Loyal samurai plot righteous revenge on the scheming official responsible for the dishonor and execution of their honorable samurai Lord.
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Sansho Dayu & Gion Bayashi
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Based on an ancient legend, as recounted by celebrated author Mori Ogai (in his short story of the same name, written in 1915), and adapted by Japanese director Mizoguchi Kenji, Sansho Dayu is both distinctively Japanese and as deeply affecting as a Greek tragedy. Described in its opening title as "..read more »
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Ugetsu Monogatari / Oyu-Sama
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Ikio Sawamura
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Ugetsu Monogatar: Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari [Tales of the Rain and Moon] is a highly acclaimed masterwork of Japanese cinema. Based on a pair of 18th century ghost stories by Ueda Akinari. Amidst the pandemonium of civil war, potter Genjuro (Mori Masayuki) and samurai-aspirant Tobei (Ozawa ..read more »
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