Rent Ugetsu Monogatari / Oyu-Sama (1953)
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- Synopsis:
Two highly acclaimed masterwork of Japanese cinema...
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
In 16th century Japan, amidst the pandemonium of civil war, potter Genjuro (Mori Masayuki) and samurai-aspirant Tobei (Ozawa Sakae) set out with their wives in search of wealth and military glory, respectively. Two parallel tales ensue when the men are lured from their wives: Genjuro by the ghostly charm of Lady Wakasa (Kyo Machiko); Tobei by the dream of military glory.
Oyu-Sama (1951)Shinnosuke (Yûji Hori) is introduced to Shizu (Nobuko Otowa) as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu (Kinuyo Tanaka). Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke. - Actors:
- Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Eitarô Ozawa, Sugisaku Aoyama, Mitsusaburô Ramon, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Kichijirô Ueda, Shôzô Nanbu, Kikue Môri, Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka, Ichirô Amano, Eigorô Onoe, Saburô Date, Fumihiko Yokoyama, Ichisaburo Sawamura, Koji Murata, Yukio Horikita, Akira Shimizu
- Directors:
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Producers:
- Masaichi Nagata
- Writers:
- Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Hisakazu Tsuji, Akinari Ueda, Yoshikata Yoda, Jun'ichirô Tanizaki
- Aka:
- Tales of the Rain and Moon / Miss Oyu
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/04/2008
- Run Time:
- 191 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Video discussions about both films by filmmaker and Japanese film expert Tony Rayns
- Archival Ugetsu Monogatari trailers, subtitled in English for the first time
