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Tales of Ugetsu

Ugetsu monogatari (Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon After the Rain)

1953

Kenji Mizoguchi

Machiko Kyô, Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori ...

8.2

9,819

Drama. Fantasy In the civil wars of 16th century Japan, two ambitious peasants want to make their fortunes. The potter Genjuro intends to sell his wares for vast profits in the local city, while his brother-in-law Tobei wishes to become a samurai.

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"A marvelously wise and moving classic, but also one full of sights that might make you cry, like Genjuro, 'I never imagined such pleasures existed!'"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip Horne Telegraph	"Mizoguchi’s fluid camera is superb at knowing its distance, and yet catching pulses of emotion (...) His style is a thing of beauty in itself"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of the greatest of all films (...) The film style is elegant and mysterious, and somehow we know before we are told that this is a ghost story (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Eric Henderson Slant	"A mysterious, incantatory, and gorgeous parable (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The director's unique establishment of atmosphere by means of long shot, long takes, sublimely graceful and unobtrusive camera movement, is everywhere evident (...) A ravishingly composed, evocatively beautiful film."	POS
United Kingdom	Liese Spencer The Independent	"Part war drama, part ghost story, this intricate and poetic film offers exquisite images and robust humour. A must."	POS
United States	Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice	"This is one of world cinema's greatest films"	POS

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