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Ugetsu (1953)

Civil war fog, ghostly desire, and the cost of ambition—Mizoguchi’s Silver Lion winner at Venice (1953) in ink-wash light.

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Ugetsu (1953) — guide

映画『雨月物語』の劇場ポスター

Japanese cinema · period drama

Ugetsu monogatari Kenji Mizoguchi · 1953

Ugetsu belongs here as proof that Japanese golden-age cinema can travel: painterly long takes, moral weight, and a supernatural turn that feels earned rather than ornamental.

Because the spoken language is Japanese, our in-player text is presented as a readable Japanese script aligned to scene beats—not a translation from another language track.

This guide summarizes why we host the title; streaming remains on the Japanese archive pages after passport purchase.

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