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Ugetsu [videorecording] / Janus Films ; a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

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Set in 16th century Japan, a period of bloody civil war, the film is rooted in the postwar psyche of 1950s Japan. It focuses on an ambitious potter haunted by a beautiful ghost and a farmer who dreams of becoming a samurai.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films, Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956 (Director), Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985 (Producer), Kawaguchi, Matsutarō, 1899-1985 (Screenwriter), Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991 (Screenwriter), Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019 (Actor), Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977 (Screenwriter), Mito, Mitsuko (Screenwriter), Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973 (Screenwriter), Ozawa, Sakae (Actor), Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999 (director of photography,), Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 (Composer), Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809, Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893, Lopate, Phillip, 1943-, Rayns, Tony (Commentator), Tanaka, Tokuzo (director of photography.), Shindō, Kaneto, 1912-2012 (Director)
Other title:	Ugetsu monogatari (Motion picture) Kenji Mizoguchi, the life of a film director.
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese English
Published:	Irvington, New York : Criterion Collection [Distributor], 2005.
Edition:	Special ed.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 309.
Subjects:	Potters > Japan > Drama. Japan > History > 1333-1600 > Drama. Ghost plays. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Motion pictures, Japanese. Feature films. Ghost films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Call Number:	PN1997 .U3448 2005 DVD
PN1997 .U3448 2005 DVD	Available Place a Hold