Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay
Fuji Yahiro, Yoshikata Yoda
Cinematography
Kazuo Miyagawa
Editing
Mitsuzô Miyata
Music
Fumio Hayasaka, Kinshichi Kodera, Tamekichi Mochizuki
Sound
Iwao Ôtani
Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Production
Daiei Studios [JP]
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Akitake Kôno, Masao Shimizu
Synopsis
After disobeying the reigning feudal lord, the idealistic governor of a village is cast into exile. Left to their fate, his wife and children try to join him but are sold into slavery and separated, condemned to oppression and suffering.
Format
DCP, B&W
World Sales-Distribution
Capricci Films
Filmography
Kenji Mizoguchi
JAPAN (1898-1956)
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1954 CHIKAMATSU MONOGATARI / A STORY FROM CHIKAMATSU
1954 UWASA NO ONNA / THE WOMAN OF RUMOUR
1954 SANSHÔ DAYÛ / SANSHO THE BAILIFF
1953 UGETSU MONOGATARI / TALES OF UGETSU
1952 SAIKAKU ICHIDAI ONNA / THE LIFE OF OHARU
JAPAN (1898-1956)
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1954 CHIKAMATSU MONOGATARI / A STORY FROM CHIKAMATSU
1954 UWASA NO ONNA / THE WOMAN OF RUMOUR
1954 SANSHÔ DAYÛ / SANSHO THE BAILIFF
1953 UGETSU MONOGATARI / TALES OF UGETSU
1952 SAIKAKU ICHIDAI ONNA / THE LIFE OF OHARU
Festivals
Venice
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