75 years ago:
Women of the Night (JP)
Original title: 夜の女たち
Fusako, a drug dealer's young mistress in postwar Japan, loses her tenuous grasp on life upon learning about her lover's affair.
1948-05-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/85844
#WomenoftheNight #KenjiMizoguchi #KinuyoTanaka #SadakoSawamura #TatsukoSakane #WomenInFilm #ClassicMovies

68 years ago:
Princess Yang Kwei Fei (HK,JP)
Original title: 楊貴妃
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the ...
1955-05-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/91426
#PrincessYangKweiFei #KenjiMizoguchi #MachikoKy #MasayukiMori #SYamamura

71 years ago:
The Life of Oharu (JP)
Original title: 西鶴一代女
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
1952-04-17
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43364
#TheLifeofOharu #KenjiMizoguchi #KinuyoTanaka #ToshirMifune #EitarShind #Movies

69 years ago:
Sansho the Bailiff (JP)
Original title: 山椒大夫
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
1954-03-31
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/20532
#SanshotheBailiff #KenjiMizoguchi #KinuyoTanaka #KykoKagawa #EitarShind #ClassicFilm

70 years ago:
Ugetsu (JP)
Original title: 雨月物語
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become...
1953-03-26
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/14696
#Ugetsu #KenjiMizoguchi #MachikoKy #MasayukiMori #ClassicMovies

78 years ago:
The Sword (JP)
Original title: 名刀美女丸
Kiyone Sakurai, an apprentice swordmaker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Onoda breaks the sword while defending his lord which eventually leads to his death at the hands of Naito, when Naito demands to marry his daughter Sasae. Sasae vows to avenge her father's death and pleads for K...
1945-02-08
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/205649
#TheSword #KenjiMizoguchi #IsuzuYamada #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

I just watched Sanshō Dayū (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954) and rated it 8/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansho_the_Bailiff?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastadon #KenjiMizoguchi #SanshoTheBailiff

@d4doome @cjubarrington @pmbryant Totally agree. It is one thing to search posts about Kenji Mizoguchi, and it is another to have to post... what? #KenjiMizoguchi? #Mizoguchi? #MizoguchiKenji (Japanese names are originally in the order surname-first name)? All three? It's just an inferior design compared to just being able to search text in posts.

When talking about Kenji Mizoguchi usually his masterpieces "Ugetsu" or "Sansho the Bailiff" come to mind, but his other works should not be overlooked. "A Geisha" (Gion Bayashi, Los músicos de Gion) is a wonderful story of two women who work as geishas, their values and their struggle, with a fascinating hidden message. A gem.

#KenjiMizoguchi #Movies #Cinema

When talking about Kenji Mizoguchi usually his masterpieces "Ugetsu" or "Sansho the Bailiff" come to mind, but his other works should not be overlooked. "A Geisha" (Gion Bayashi, Los músicos de Gion) is a wonderful story of two women who work as geishas, their values and their struggle, with a fascinating hidden message. A gem.

#KenjiMizoguchi #Movies #Cinema

Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)
#films #movies #Japan #JapaneseFilm #ethics #KenjiMizoguchi

Osaka Elegy (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936) #OsakaElegy #KenjiMizoguchi #Mizoguchi #JapaneseFilm #Film #Cinema #Movies