Ugetsu [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Ugetsu [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Cast: Machiko Kyo
Machiko Kyo
, Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
, Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
, Mitsuko Mito
Mitsuko Mito
Kenji Mizoguchi
Ugetsu [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Ugetsu [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Cast: Machiko Kyo
Machiko Kyo
, Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
, Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
, Mitsuko Mito
Mitsuko Mito
Kenji Mizoguchi

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Overview

Presented in a manner as eerie as it is heartbreaking, this film is a gorgeous supernatural fable about the folly of men with dreams larger than their abilities, and the women who suffer as a result. In 16th century Japan, Genjuro (Masayuki Mori) is a potter who longs for wealth and luxury, while Tobei (Sakae Ozawa), a farmer, dreams of the glories of the samurai to the point of ignoring his wife (Mitsuko Mito). Though a war rages around them, they venture to town to sell their wares. Genjuro becomes bewitched by a beautiful yet vengeful ghost (Machiko Kyo), while his wife (Kinuyo Tanaka) is murdered by a soldier; Tobei becomes a noted warrior, while his wife descends into prostitution after being raped while searching for her husband.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/28/2017
UPC: 0715515194617
Original Release: 1953
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:37:00
Sales rank: 18,181

Special Features

Audio commentary by critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns; Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, a 1975 documentary by Kaneto Shindo; Two Worlds Intertwined, a 2005 appreciation of Ugetsu by Masahiro Shinoda; Process and Production, a 2005 interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu; Interview from 1992 with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Machiko Kyo Lady Wakasa
Masayuki Mori Genjurô,Actor
Kinuyo Tanaka Actor
Mitsuko Mito Actor
Sugisaku Aoyama Actor
Ryosuke Kagawa Actor,le chef du village
Kichijiro Tsuchida Actor
Ichisaburo Sawamura Actor,Genichi
Mitsusaburo Ramon Actor
Syozo Nanbu Actor,Actor
Eitaro Ozawa Actor,Tobei
Sakae Ozawa Tobei, Genjuro's Brotherin-Law
Machiko Kyô Dame Wakasa
Fumio Hayasaka Composer
Ichirô Saitô Composer
Kikue Môri Ukon
Tamekichi Mochizuki Composer
Kichijiro Ueda Actor
Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka Actor
Ichiro Saito Composer

Technical Credits
Kenji Mizoguchi Director
Matsutarô Kawaguchi Screenwriter
Akinari Ueda Screenwriter
Masaichi Nagata Producer
Yoshikata Yoda Screenwriter
Hisakazu Tsuji Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Ugetsu
1. Credits [2:57]
2. Great Opportunities [5:15]
3. A Wife's Concern [4:53]
4. The Villagers Flee [7:07]
5. Genjuro Returns [3:15]
6. Omen [6:20]
7. The Marketplace [3:45]
8. Attack [3:09]
9. Delivery To Kutsuki Mansion [6:01]
10. Lady Wakasa [5:42]
11. Seduction [6:24]
12. A Day At The Spring [2:40]
13. Miyagi [3:28]
14. A Samurai At Last [4:20]
15. Ohama's New Life [4:51]
16. The Priest's Warning [3:16]
17. Exorcism [9:24]
18. Reunion [7:35]
19. Awakening [6:34]
1. Masaichi Nagata/Source Stories [2:57]
2. Historical Context/Visual Syntax [5:15]
3. Art Direction/Period Detail [4:53]
4. Career Overview [7:07]
5. Rivalry [3:15]
6. Ueda Stories [6:20]
7. The Scriptwriters [3:45]
8. Feminist Melodramas [3:09]
9. Fumio Hayasaka/Genjuro's Subjectivity [6:01]
10. Representing The Supernatural [5:42]
11. Machiko Kyo/Harp Music [6:24]
12. Eroticism [2:40]
13. Kazuo Miyagawa/Social Critique [3:28]
14. Visual Echoes/Mizoguchi And Militarism [4:20]
15. Mizuguchi And Militarism (Cont.)/Maupassant [4:51]
16. Unifying The Narrative Strands [3:16]
17. Buddhist References/Front Office Interference [9:24]
18. Sequence Shot/Kinuyo Tanaka [7:35]
19. Commercial Considerations [6:34]
Disc #2 -- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life Of A Film Director
1. Chapter 1 [4:00]
2. Chapter 2 [1:46]
3. Chapter 3 [6:11]
4. Chapter 4 [9:32]
5. Chapter 5 [6:53]
6. Chapter 6 [5:23]
7. Chapter 7 [7:57]
8. Chapter 8 [5:42]
9. Chapter 9 [5:28]
10. Chapter 10 [2:11]
11. Chapter 11 [10:13]
12. Chapter 12 [4:09]
13. Chapter 13 [2:22]
14. Chapter 14 [3:22]
15. Chapter 15 [:06]
16. Chapter 16 [7:08]
17. Chapter 17 [5:52]
18. Chapter 18 [5:18]
19. Chapter 19 [5:24]
20. Chapter 20 [8:43]
21. Chapter 21 [2:01]
22. Chapter 22 [6:13]
23. Chapter 23 [9:22]
24. Chapter 24 [3:11]
25. Chapter 25 [2:03]
26. Chapter 26 [10:48]
27. Chapter 27 [8:14]
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