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Ugetsu Monogatari / Oyu-Sama (2 discs) (1953)

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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 ... Read more

Starring: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ikio Sawamura

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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The Life Of Oharu (1952)

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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 ... Read more

Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Sansho Dayu & Gion Bayashi (2 discs) (1953)

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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 ... Read more

Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Ayako Wakao

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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The Lady Of Musashino (1951)

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Lady Musashino falls in love with her cousin when she discovers her husband's infidelity.

Starring: Masayuki Mori, So Yamamura, Yukiko Todoroki

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Chikamatsu Monogatari / Uwasa No Onna (2 discs) (1954)

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Based on a centuries old tale with roots in real events, Chikamatsu Monogatari tells the hauntingly tragic story of a forbidden love affair between a merchant's wife, Osan (Kyoko Kagawa), and her ... Read more

Starring: Kyoko Kagawa, Kazuo Hasegawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Sansho Dayu (1954)

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'Sansho Dayu'follows an aristocratic woman, Tamaki (Tanaka Kinuyo) and her two children, Zushio (Hanayagi Yoshiaki) and Anju (Kagawa Kyoko), who are parted from Tamaki's husband when he finds himself ... Read more

Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Ayako Wakao

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Gion Bayashi (1953)

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'Gion Bayashi' (1953) is a drama set in the world of the courtesan. Eiko (Wakao Ayako) is a 16-year old orphan, while Miyoharu (Kogure Michiyo) is the geisha who agrees to be her mentor.

Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Ayako Wakao

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Mizoguchi Collection - The Story Of The Last Crysanthemum (1939)

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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum: (1939) follows Kikunsoke Onoue (Shôtarô Hanayagi), a young actor who is shocked to discover that people have only been patronising him by saying that he is ... Read more

Starring: Shotaro Hanayagi, Kokichi Takada, Gonjuro Kawarazaki, Kakuko Mori

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Mizoguchi Collection - Sisters Of The Gion (1936)

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Sisters of the Gion: (1936) focuses on two geisha sisters who have differing attitudes to men. Umekichi (Yôko Umemura) believes so strongly in loyalty that she wants to help her lover, Furusawa (... Read more

Starring: Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya, Eitaro Shindo

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Mizoguchi Collection - Utamaro And His Five Women (1946)

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Utamaro and His Five Women: (1946) offers a semi-autobiographical portrait of the Japanese artist, Kitagawa Utamaro. Utamaro (Minosuke Bandô), renowned for his portraits of women, finds many of his ... Read more

Starring: Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kotaro Bando, Hiroko Kawasaki

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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Film & TV > Japanese > Kenji Mizoguchi

Ugetsu Monogatari / Oyu-Sama (2 discs) (1953)

The Life Of Oharu (1952)

Sansho Dayu & Gion Bayashi (2 discs) (1953)

The Lady Of Musashino (1951)

Chikamatsu Monogatari / Uwasa No Onna (2 discs) (1954)

Sansho Dayu (1954)

Gion Bayashi (1953)

Mizoguchi Collection - The Story Of The Last Crysanthemum (1939)

Mizoguchi Collection - Sisters Of The Gion (1936)

Mizoguchi Collection - Utamaro And His Five Women (1946)