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Machiko Kyo,
Machiko Kyo,
Masayuki Mori,
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Kenji Mizoguchi,
Kenji Mizoguchi
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: Criterion
: Classics, Foreign, Costume Drama/Period Piece, Classic Sci-Fi, Japan, Ghosts, Classic Sci Fi/Fantasy, Fantasy, Classic Fantasy, Criterion Collection
: 97 min.
: Japanese
: English
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Presented in a manner as eerie as it is heartbreaking, this film is a gorgeous supernatural fable about the folly of men with dreams larger than their abilities and their women who suffer as a result. Genjuro (Masuyaki Mori) is a potter who longs for wealth and luxury, while Tobei (Sakae Ozawa), a farmer, dreams of the glories of the samurai to the point of ignoring his wife. Though a war rages around them, they venture to town to sell their wares. Genjuro becomes bewitched by a beautiful though vengeful ghost (Machiko Kyo), while his wife is murdered by a soldier; Tobei becomes a noted warrior, while his wife descends into prostitution after being raped while searching for her husband. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
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