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Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales Of Moonlight And Rain) 102 minutes, Japan (1953), PG
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Ugetsu Monogatari

With the country ravaged by civil war, two couples in sixteenth century Japan are damaged by greed and ambition and then come into contact with violence and the supernatural. Classic from Kenji Mizoguchi

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Ugetsu Monogatari: Alongside Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950) and The Seven Samurai (1954), Kenji Mizoguchi's films The Life Of O'Haru (1952) and Ugetsu Monogatari - both award winners at the Venice Film Festival - helped make Western audiences aware of Japanese cinema...
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