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Ugetsu monogatari

Ugetsu monogatari

1953Movie⏱️ 1h 36mNot Rated🏆 #328 Top Rated
DramaFantasyWar
8.1
IMDB Rating
27,935 votes

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers
Hisakazu Tsuji, Akinari Ueda, Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Stars
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka
Release Date
September 7, 1954
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 6
Wins
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 117
Reviews
📋 40.4K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
as Genjurô
Machiko Kyô
Machiko Kyô
as Lady Wakasa
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Miyagi
Mitsuko Mito
Mitsuko Mito
as Ohama
Eitarô Ozawa
Eitarô Ozawa
as Tôbei
Sugisaku Aoyama
Sugisaku Aoyama
as Old Priest
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Mitsusaburô Ramon
as Captain of Tamba Soldiers
Ryôsuke Kagawa
Ryôsuke Kagawa
as Village Master
Kichijirô Ueda
Kichijirô Ueda
as Shop Owner
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Shôzô Nanbu
as Shinto Priest

💰 Box Office

$24,959
Worldwide Gross
$11,197
Domestic Gross
$6,154
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Daiei Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Production
Daiei Studios

🏷️ Keywords

rape victimcivil warjapanghostsamurai

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDramaFantasyWar

⭐ Featured Review

Family, War, Greedy and Ghosts
by claudio_carvalho2010-02-10
9/10

"In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjurô (Masayuki Mori) travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune. His neighbor Tobei (Sakae Ozawa) that is a fool man dreams on becoming a samurai, but he can not afford to buy the necessary outfit. The greedy Genjurô and Tobei work together manufacturing clay potteries, expecting to sell the pieces and enrich; however, their wives Miyage (Kinuyo Tanaka) and Ohama (Mitsuko Mito) are worried about the..."

💡 Did You Know?

The plot is a combination of two tales from the work of Ueda Akinari called "Tales of moon and rain".

📖 Synopsis

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.