Ugetsu monogatari (1953)

Réalisateur:

Kenji Mizoguchi

Writers:

Matsutarô Kawaguchi (adaptation)
Kyûchi Tsuji (idea)

Release Date:

7 septembre 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Fantasy

Plot:

In the civil wars of 16th century Japan, two ambitious peasants want to make their fortunes. The potter...

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Brothel | Warlord | Farmer | 16th Century

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

A film of haunting beauty by the precursor of Kurosawa

Ensemble

Masayuki Mori	...	Genjurô
Machiko Kyô	...	Lady Wakasa
Kinuyo Tanaka	...	Miyagi
Eitarô Ozawa	...	To^bei (as Sakae Ozawa)
Ikio Sawamura	...	Genichi
Mitsuko Mito	...	Ohama
Kikue Môri	...	Ukon
Ryosuke Kagawa	...	Village Master
Eigoro Onoe	...	Knight
Saburo Date	...	Vassal
Sugisaku Aoyama	...	Old Priest
Reiko Kongo	...	Old Woman in Brothel
Shozo Nanbu	...	Shinto Priest
Ichirô Amano	...	Boatsman
Kichijiro Ueda	...	Shop Owner

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Tales of Ugetsu (USA) (literal English title)
Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon After the Rain (informal literal English title)
Ugetsu (USA) (DVD box title)
Contes de la lune vague après la pluie, Les (France) [fr]

Durée:

94 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Classification:

Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | Hong Kong:I

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Japan

Company:

Daiei Studios

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai (1975)

A film of haunting beauty by the precursor of Kurosawa

This film used to make all the top ten lists for the greatest movies ever made. However, with the discovery of Ozu and the ( justified) cinematic canonization of Kurosawa, Mizoguchi has been been neglected. This is a pity, for he was one of the supreme masters of the cinema. Ugetsu Monogatari is one of the most beautiful explorations of the human spirit ever put on the screen. Rarely has black and white been used more beautifully, or the supernatural portrayed more convincingly. If Dreyer is the great "Protestant" of the cinema, and Bresson, Rossellini, and, it must said, Hitchcock and Ford, its great "Catholics', Mizoguchi is its greatest Buddhist.