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Ugetsu
Why this pick
Mizoguchi’s flowing, exquisitely composed period tragedy shares the moral pressure, social constraint, and aching compassion of The Crucified Lovers.
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MOVIE1954 1h 42m JPN
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Ishun (Shindo) is a wealthy but miserly scroll-maker in Kyoto, especially regarding his younger wife Osan (''Kagawa''), who was from an impoverished family, and married Ishun for money.
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