Ugetsu

Ugetsu

Ugetsu monogatari
🎞️ Movie 96 min JP
โ˜… 8.1 /10 1953

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 travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune. His neighbor Tobei 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 and Ohama are worried about the army of the cruel Shibata that is coming to their village and they warn their ambitious husbands. Their village is looted but the families flee and survive; Genjurô and Tobei decide to travel by boat with their wives and baby to sell the wares in a bigger town. When they meet another boat that was attacked by pirates, Genjurô decides to leave his wife and son on the bank of the river, promising to return in ten days. Genjurô, Tobei and Ohama raise a large amount but Tobei leaves his wife to buy the samurai outfit and seek fame and fortune. Meanwhile the female aristocratic Lady Wakasa and her servant ask Genjurô to bring her shopping to her fancy Kutsuki House. Sooner Genjurô and Tobei discover the price they have to pay for their ambition.

Cast

Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
Genjûrô
Machiko Kyô
Machiko Kyô
Wakasa
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Miyagi
Mitsuko Mito
Mitsuko Mito
Ohama
Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Tôbê
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Sugisaku Aoyama
Old Priest
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Mitsusaburō Ramon
Captain of Niwa Soldiers
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Village Master
Kichijirō Ueda
Kichijirō Ueda
Shop Owner
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Shōzō Nanbu
Soldier Committing Suicide
Fumio Hayasaka
Fumio Hayasaka
Composer
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Tamekichi Mochizuki
Composer
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Ichirō Saitō
Composer
Kazuo Miyagawa
Kazuo Miyagawa
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

AFS PRESENTS: UGETSU
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Trailer
AFS PRESENTS: UGETSU
Masahiro Shinoda on the Blending of Fantasy and Reality in UGETSU
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Featurette
Masahiro Shinoda on the Blending of Fantasy and Reality in UGETSU
Ugetsu (1953) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
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Trailer
Ugetsu (1953) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]