Fri August 1, 2014
A Woman of Rumor (Kenji Mizoguchi; Japan, 1954)
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Mizoguchi revisits the world of prostitutes in Kyoto in this late work. Kinuyo Tanaka stars as the madam of a brothel who finds herself competing with her daughter for the affections of a young doctor. Grappling with the suffering caused by conventional attitudes, the two women begin to form a new kind of bond. “The film has the feeling of late Ford or Buñuel, of a director who has rummaged through all the styles of expression and arrived at the most subtly exquisite, minimalist ways of expressing his deepest, most complex sentiments” (Andrew Sarris).
• Written by Yoshikata Yoda, Masashige Narusawa. Photographed by Kazuo Miyagawa. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitaro Shindo. (83 mins, In Japanese with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From The Japan Foundation, permission Kadokawa)
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Mizoguchi revisits the world of prostitutes in Kyoto in this late work. Kinuyo Tanaka stars as the madam of a brothel who finds herself competing with her daughter for the affections of a young doctor. Grappling with the suffering caused by conventional attitudes, the two women begin to form a new kind of bond. “The film has the feeling of late Ford or Buñuel, of a director who has rummaged through all the styles of expression and arrived at the most subtly exquisite, minimalist ways of expressing his deepest, most complex sentiments” (Andrew Sarris).
• Written by Yoshikata Yoda, Masashige Narusawa. Photographed by Kazuo Miyagawa. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitaro Shindo. (83 mins, In Japanese with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From The Japan Foundation, permission Kadokawa)
Imported Print!
Mizoguchi revisits the world of prostitutes in Kyoto in this late work. Kinuyo Tanaka stars as the madam of a brothel who finds herself competing with her daughter for the affections of a young doctor. Grappling with the suffering caused by conventional attitudes, the two women begin to form a new kind of bond. “The film has the feeling of late Ford or Buñuel, of a director who has rummaged through all the styles of expression and arrived at the most subtly exquisite, minimalist ways of expressing his deepest, most complex sentiments” (Andrew Sarris).
• Written by Yoshikata Yoda, Masashige Narusawa. Photographed by Kazuo Miyagawa. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitaro Shindo. (83 mins, In Japanese with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From The Japan Foundation, permission Kadokawa)
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Mizoguchi revisits the world of prostitutes in Kyoto in this late work. Kinuyo Tanaka stars as the madam of a brothel who finds herself competing with her daughter for the affections of a young doctor. Grappling with the suffering caused by conventional attitudes, the two women begin to form a new kind of bond. “The film has the feeling of late Ford or Buñuel, of a director who has rummaged through all the styles of expression and arrived at the most subtly exquisite, minimalist ways of expressing his deepest, most complex sentiments” (Andrew Sarris).
• Written by Yoshikata Yoda, Masashige Narusawa. Photographed by Kazuo Miyagawa. With Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitaro Shindo. (83 mins, In Japanese with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm, From The Japan Foundation, permission Kadokawa)
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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