Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo
In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. When Osan is falsely accused of having an affair with the best worker, Mohei, the pair flee the city and declare their ...( read more
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As someone who is not a film student or critic, I believe I got less out of the film. For a casual viewer, it's still a relatively engaging film provided you're into (period) drama and don't run screaming at subtitles or black and white.
Another masterpiece by Mizoguchi that is criminally under-seen. The story is gripping and the characters completely empathetic. Each scene seems to begin at just the right moment and somehow end with an inevitability that is both poetic and profound.
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