Japan,
1955, 108 min
Directed by:
Kenji MizoguchiCinematography:
Kazuo MiyagawaCast:
Raizō Ichikawa, Yoshiko Kuga, Tatsuya Ishiguro, 中村玉緒, 進藤英太郎, 菅井一郎, Koreya Senda, Mitsusaburô Ramon, Michiyo KogurePlots(1)
A young samurai rises to power in the 12th-century struggles between land-owning nobles and the Buddhist clergy – only to be undone by his own arrogance and vanity. The control of colour and design (scrupulously researched, as usual) and vivid performances from a large ensemble cast make sense of the complicated historiography. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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