The Mizoguchi Collection - 4-Disc Box Set ( Naniwa hika / Gion no shimai / Zangiku monogatari / Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna ) ( Osaka Elegy / Sisters of the Gion / The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums / Utamaro and His Five Women )

The Mizoguchi Collection - 4-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Naniwa hika / Gion no shimai / Zangiku monogatari / Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna
Alternate Title: Osaka Elegy / Sisters of the Gion / The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums / Utamaro and His Five Women
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
361 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1936 - 1946 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kenji Mizoguchi

Written By:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Tadashi Fujiwara
Yoshikata Yoda
Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Kanji Kunieda

Actors:
Isuzu Yamada ..... Ayako Murai
Seiichi Takegawa ..... Junzo Murai
Chiyoko Okura ..... Sachiko Murai
Shinpachiro Asaka ..... Hiroshi Murai
Benkei Shiganoya ..... Sonosuke Asai
Yôko Umemura ..... Sumiko Asai
Kensaku Hara ..... Susumu Nishimura
Shizuko Takizawa ..... Mine Fukuda, the maid
Eitarô Shindô ..... Yoshizo Fujino
Kunio Tamura ..... Dr. Yoko
Kasuke Koizumi ..... Inspector
Takashi Shimura ..... Famizaburo Matsushita
Mitsuzo Tachibana
Isuzu Yamada ..... O-Mocha
Yôko Umemura ..... Umekichi
Benkei Shiganoya ..... Shimbei Furusawa
Eitarô Shindô ..... Kudo, the drygoods merchant
Taizô Fukami ..... Kimura
Fumio Okura ..... Jurakudo, the antiques dealer
Namiko Kawajima ..... Omasa Kudô
Reiko Aoi
Sakurako Iwama
Shizuko Takizawa
Shôtarô Hanayagi ..... Kikunosuke Onoue
Kôkichi Takada ..... Fukusuke Nakamura
Gonjurô Kawarazaki ..... Kikugoro Onoue
Kakuko Mori ..... Otoku
Tokusaburo Arashi ..... Shikan Nakamura
Yôko Umemura ..... Osata
Nobuko Fushimi ..... Onaka
Kikuko Hanaoka ..... Eiryu
Kisho Hanayagi ..... Tamisaburo Onoue
Ryôtarô Kawanami ..... Eiju Dayu
Yoneko Mogami ..... Otsura, Genshun's daughter
Tamitaro Onoue ..... Tamizo Onoue
Benkei Shiganoya ..... Genshun Amma
Fujiko Shirakawa
Minosuke Bandô ..... Utamaro
Kinuyo Tanaka ..... Okita
Kôtarô Bandô ..... Seinosuke
Hiroko Kawasaki ..... Oran
Toshiko Iizuka ..... Takasode
Kyôko Kusajima ..... Oman
Eiko Ohara ..... Yukie
Shôtarô Nakamura ..... Shozaburo
Kiniko Shiratao ..... Oshin
Mimpei Tomimoto ..... Takemaro

Synopsis:

Osaka Elegy (1936)
Osaka Elegy: Ayako agrees to enter into an affair with her married boss after he promises to support her and her father.

Sisters of the Gion (1936)
The Story Of The Last Crysanthemum: A young actor is forced to deal with his family after he becomes shunned by them over his new relationship.

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
Sisters Of The Gion: Two giesha sisters disagree over how to deal with the men controlling their lives and livelihoods.

Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Utamaro And His Five Women: A great artist lives to create portraits of beautiful women. A world of passion swirls around him and the women all vie for his attention.

Osaka Elegy (1936)
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father's debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. She also sends money to her brother Hiroshi to pay his university tuition, but her father intercepts it. She tricks Mr. Fujino into giving her money so that she can marry her boyfriend Nishimura, but Fujino calls in the police.

Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
In Tokyo in 1888, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adoptive son of an important actor, discovers that he is praised for his acting only because he is his father's heir, and that the troupe complains how bad he is behind his back. The only person to talk to him honestly about his acting is Otoku, the wet-nurse of his adoptive father's child. She is fired by the family, and Kikunosuke is forbidden to see her, because of the gossip a relationship with a servant would cause. Kikunosuke falls in love with Otoku, and leaves home to try to make a living on his own merits outside Tokyo. He is eventually joined by Otoku, who encourages him to become a famous actor to regain the recognition of his family.

Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him into trouble.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 06 August, 2012.