Ugetsu Monogatari/Oyu-Sama DVD

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Ugetsu Monogatari/Oyu-Sama

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Release Date: 21 April 2008

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Certificate:	PG

Special Features:	None Listed.

Region:	Region 2

Number of Disks:	1

Main Language:	Japanese

Subtitle Languages:	English

Series:	Masters Of Cinema Series, The

Description

Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of the Rain and Moon) is a highly acclaimed masterwork of Japanese cinema. Based on a pair of 18th century ghost stories by Ueda Akinari.

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.

Another literary adaptation - this time of a story by one of Japan's modern literary masters, novelist Tanizaki Jun'ichiro - Mizoguchi's Oyu-sama (Miss Oyu) is a poignant and contemplative tale of two sisters and their ill-fated relationship with the same man. At the core is Mizoguchi-regular Tanaka Kinuyo (who also stars in Ugetsu Monogatari) as the eponymous Oyu, the older sister who allows marital customs to dictate the lives of those caught up in this complex love triangle.