An extraordinary, characteristic crane shot in Mizoguchi’s exquisite, classic ghostfable Ugetsu Monogatari starts with the camera high up, looking over the bustling streets of a 16th-century Japanese ...

Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1953 “Ugetsu,” a mystical tale of love, art and war set in 16th Century Japan, may be the most beautiful of all the world’s black-and-white films. Frame by frame, shot by shot, it ...

Tale of two men in seething 16th-century Japan has a color and panorama which makes this absorbing film fare. The trials of the two men, one a potter (Masayuki Mori) who gets involved with a phantom ...

Details: 1953, Japan, Rest of the world, UK, Cert NC, 93 mins Direction: Kenji Mizoguchi Summary: In war-torn sixteenth century Japan, a potter and a farmer leave their respective wives, one to become ...