Late Mizoguchi Collection - 8-DVD Box Set ( Akasen chitai / Yôkihi / Chikamatsu monogatari / Uwasa no onna / Sanshô dayû / Gion bayashi / Ugetsu monogatari / Oyû-sama ) ( Street of Shame / Princess Yang Kwei-fei (Empress Yank Kwei Fei) / The Crucified Lovers (A Story from Chikamatsu) / The Woman in the Rumor (Her Mother's Profession) / Sansho the Bailiff (Legend of Bailiff Sansho) / A Geisha / Tales of Ugetsu / Miss O )

Late Mizoguchi Collection - 8-DVD Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Akasen chitai / Yôkihi / Chikamatsu monogatari / Uwasa no onna / Sanshô dayû / Gion bayashi / Ugetsu monogatari / Oyû-sama
Alternate Title: Street of Shame / Princess Yang Kwei-fei (Empress Yank Kwei Fei) / The Crucified Lovers (A Story from Chikamatsu) / The Woman in the Rumor (Her Mother's Profession) / Sansho the Bailiff (Legend of Bailiff Sansho) / A Geisha / Tales of Ugetsu / Miss O
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

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

Running Time:
765 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

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

Movie filmed in 1951 - 1956 and produced in:
Hong Kong ( India, Eastern Asia )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kenji Mizoguchi

Written By:
Masashige Narusawa
Yoshiko Shibaki
Ching Doe
Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Yoshikata Yoda
Fuji Yahiro
Junichirô Tanizaki

Actors:
Machiko Kyô ..... Mickey
Aiko Mimasu ..... Yumeko
Ayako Wakao ..... Yasumi
Michiyo Kogure ..... Hanae
Kumeko Urabe ..... Otane
Yasuko Kawakami ..... Shizuko
Hiroko Machida ..... Yorie
Eitarô Shindô ..... Kurazô Taya
Sadako Sawamura ..... Tatsuko Taya
Toranosuke Ogawa ..... Mickey's Father
Bontarô Miake ..... Nightwatch
Daisuke Katô ..... President of Brothel Owners' Association
Kenji Sahara
Machiko Kyô ..... Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Masayuki Mori ..... Emperor Xuan Zong
Sô Yamamura ..... An Lushan
Eitarô Shindô ..... Kao Li-hsi
Eitarô Ozawa ..... Yang Kuo-chung
Haruko Sugimura ..... Princess Yen-chun
Yôko Minamida ..... Hung-tao
Bontarô Miake ..... Chen-Hsuan-li
Tatsuya Ishiguro ..... Li Lin-fu
Michiko Ai ..... Honghua
Noboru Kiritachi ..... Cuihua
Osamu Maruyama ..... Li Kuei-nien
Sachiko Murase ..... Chengfei
Chieko Murata ..... Lu-hua
Kinzô Shin ..... Servant
Kazuo Hasegawa ..... Mohei
Kyôko Kagawa ..... Osan
Eitarô Shindô ..... Ishun
Eitarô Ozawa ..... Sukeemon
Yôko Minamida ..... Otama
Haruo Tanaka ..... Gifuya Dôki
Chieko Naniwa ..... Okô
Ichirô Sugai ..... Gembei
Tatsuya Ishiguro ..... Isan
Hiroshi Mizuno ..... Kuroki
Hisao Toake ..... Morinokoji
Ikkei Tamaki ..... Jushiro Umegaki
Kimiko Tachebana ..... Umetatsu Akamatsu
Keiko Koyanagi ..... Okaya
Sayako Nakagami ..... Osono
Kinuyo Tanaka ..... Hatsuko Mabuchi
Tomoemon Otani ..... Kenji Matoba
Yoshiko Kuga ..... Yukiko Mabuchi
Eitarô Shindô ..... Yasuichi Harada
Bontarô Miake ..... Kobayashi
Chieko Naniwa ..... Osaki
Haruo Tanaka ..... Kawamoto
Hisao Toake ..... Yamada
Michiko Ai ..... Aioi Dayu
Sachiko Mine ..... Chiyo
Kimiko Tachibana ..... Usugumo Dayu
Teruyo Hasegawa ..... Kisaragi Dayu
Teruko Daimi ..... Onoue Dayu
Kan Ueda ..... Takeshita
Saburo Date ..... Nakauchi
Kinuyo Tanaka ..... Tamaki
Yoshiaki Hanayagi ..... Zushiô
Kyôko Kagawa ..... Anju
Eitarô Shindô ..... Sanshô dayû
Akitake Kôno ..... Taro
Masao Shimizu ..... Masauji Taira
Ken Mitsuda ..... Prime Minister Fujiwara
Kazukimi Okuni ..... Norimura
Yôko Kosono ..... Kohagi
Noriko Tachibana ..... Namiji
Ichirô Sugai ..... Minister of Justice
Teruko Omi ..... Nakagimi
Masahiko Kato ..... Young Zushio
Keiko Enami ..... Young Anju
Bontarô Akemi ..... Kichiji
Michiyo Kogure ..... Miyoharu
Ayako Wakao ..... Eiko
Seizaburô Kawazu ..... Kusuda
Saburo Date ..... Imanishi
Sumao Ishihara ..... Kokichi
Midori Komatsu ..... Oume
Kanji Koshiba ..... Kanzaki
Kikue Môri ..... Domestic arts teacher
Chieko Naniwa ..... Okimi
Eitarô Shindô ..... Sawamoto
Ichirô Sugai ..... Saeki
Haruo Tanaka ..... Ogawa
Emiko Yanagi ..... Kaname
Masayuki Mori ..... Genjurô
Machiko Kyô ..... Lady Wakasa
Kinuyo Tanaka ..... Miyagi
Eitarô Ozawa ..... To^bei
Ichisaburo Sawamura ..... Genichi
Mitsuko Mito ..... Ohama
Kikue Môri ..... Ukon
Ryôsuke Kagawa ..... Village Master
Eigoro Onoe ..... Knight
Saburo Date ..... Vassal
Sugisaku Aoyama ..... Old Priest
Reiko Kongo ..... Old Woman in Brothel
Shozo Nanbu ..... Shinto Priest
Ichirô Amano ..... Boatsman
Kichijirô Ueda ..... Shop Owner
Kinuyo Tanaka ..... Oyû Kayukawa
Nobuko Otowa ..... Shizu
Yuji Hori ..... Shinnosuke Seribashi
Kiyoko Hirai ..... Osumi
Reiko Kongo ..... Otsugi Kayukawa
Eijirô Yanagi ..... Eitaro
Eitarô Shindô ..... Kusaemon
Kanae Kobayashi ..... Nanny
Fumihiko Yokoyama ..... Book-keeper
Jun Fujikawa ..... Book-keeper
Soji Shibata ..... Book-keeper
Inosuke Kuhara ..... Boy
Ayuko Fujishiro ..... Waitress
Shozo Nanbu ..... Doctor
Midori Komatsu ..... Hostess

Synopsis:

Street of Shame (1956)
Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district.

Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
When first we see the "princess" she is a mere servant girl. The reigning princess dies, and the emperor chooses the servant as his wife. Jealousy and back-stabbing doom this union from the start.

The Crucified Lovers (1954)
Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. When Osan is falsely accused of having an affair with the best worker, Mohei, the pair flee the city and declare their love for each other.

The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt...

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
In mediaeval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

A Geisha (1953)
In the post-war Gion district of Kyoto, the geisha Miyoharu agrees to apprentice the 16 year-old Eiko, whose mother was a former geisha who had just died.

Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
In the civil wars of 16th century Japan, two ambitious peasants want to make their fortunes.

Miss Oyu (1951)
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu.

Street of Shame (1956)
Kenji Mizoguchi's final film was on one of his favorite subjects: prostitutes. After a spate of universally lauded period pieces, Mizoguchi returned to the socially conscious dramas that he made famous in the 1930s. Here, as in Osaka Elegy (1936), he offered a scathing critique of society's hypocrisies and exploitative treatment of women, without the sort of transcendence seen in Life of Oharu (1952). This gritty drama of six working girls in one brothel in Tokyo's Yoshiwara red-light district explores how the women came to work in such a place -- trying to pay for their children's education, trying to bail their fathers out of prison, trying to support their out-of-work husbands -- and how they fight to maintain their dignity in spite of the degradations of their profession. Machiko Kyo gives a remarkable performance as Mickey, a cynical hooker with a heart of stone, who shames and then cruelly propositions her own father, while Aiko Mimasu plays the aging Yumeko, who is emotionally shattered after her son rejects her. This film was reportedly instrumental in the outlawing of prostitution in Japan.

Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against all the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.

The Crucified Lovers (1954)
Master filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi directs this tale of star-crossed lovers, based on a puppet play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Set in 1693 during a period of rigid feudal hierarchy and strict social customs, the film unfolds in the estate of a miserly scroll maker named Ishun (Eitaro Shindo). While Ishun busies himself by harassing a comely worker named Otama (Yoko Minamida), Ishun's wife, Osan (Kyoko Kagawa), is approached by her ne'er-do-well brother, Doki, who needs money. Knowing that there is no way that Ishun will agree to the loan, Osan turns to Mohei (Kazuo Shindo), Ishun's most trusted clerk, for help and he agrees to use his master's seal to allocate the funds. Caught in the act, he confesses though never implicating Osan. Ishun cruelly beats and humiliates his employee and locks him in the grain storeroom. A series of mistakes and misunderstandings lead to Ishun believing that his wife and his clerk are having an illicit affair. Mohei flees and Osan leaves soon thereafter, confirming Ishun's suspicions. The two escape first to Osaka then to the mountains around Lake Biwa, traveling first as lady and servant and later as lovers.

The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out about her mother's profession. Hatsuko is having a discrete affair with the young Dr. Matoba, who looks after the geisha girls. The doctor is attracted to Yukiko, who initially despises him and everything connected with the geisha house. However Yukiko gradually changes her views.

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece opens in 11th-century Japan with an aristocratic woman Tamaki traveling through the woods with her daughter Anju, son Zushio, and maid. Through flashbacks, we learn that her husband, Taira no Masauji, was a local governor who was exiled because of his honesty and integrity. Before he leaves, he gives his son an amulet of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, and tells him, "Without mercy, man is like a beast. Men are created equal, everyone is entitled to happiness." On their journey to reunite with their husband/father, they are ambushed by kidnappers, who sell the mother as a prostitute and the two children as slaves to the corrupt Sansho (Eitaro Shindo). As adults, Zushio (Yoshiaki Hanayagi) and his sister Anju (Kyoko Kagawa) continue to toil as servants. Anju learns that her mother has become a courtesan on remote Sado-island. Though Zushio became Sansho's most trusted and most brutal aide; he manages to escape at Anju's behest. He finds sanctuary at a local monastery while Anju, looking to avoid the inevitably violent retribution, drowns herself in a lake. Seeking justice, Zushio petitions the Prime Minister, a desperate act that usually results in imprisonment or death. Yet his pleas prove more successful than he ever dreamed. When he finally has the power to thwart evil Sansho and reunify his family, he learns that he is tragically too late.

A Geisha (1953)
A Geisha is a 1953 filmed adaptation of a novel by Matsutaro Kawaguchi. Directed by Japanese filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi, the movie centers on two young geishas, Miyoharu (Michiyo Kogure) and her apprentice Eiko (Ayako Wakao). Near the end of World War II, social attitudes toward females are beginning to shift in Japan, leading the young Eiko to question whether or not she really wants to become a geisha, a position she feels will lower her status within society. Seizaburo Kawazu co-stars as Kusuda, a wealthy businessman who lends the money for Eiko's training and takes a nonfinancial interest in her as well.

Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjurô travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune. His neighbor Tobei that is a fool man dreams on becoming a samurai, but he can not afford to buy the necessary outfit. The greedy Genjurô and Tobei work together manufacturing clay potteries, expecting to sell the pieces and enrich; however, their wives Miyage and Ohama are worried about the army of the cruel Shibata that is coming to their village and they warn their ambitious husbands. Their village is looted but the families flee and survive; Genjurô and Tobei decide to travel by boat with their wives and baby to sell the wares in a bigger town. When they meet another boat that was attacked by pirates, Genjurô decides to leave his wife and son on the bank of the river, promising to return in ten days. Genjurô, Tobei and Ohama raise a large amount but Tobei leaves his wife to buy the samurai outfit and seek fame and fortune. Meanwhile the female aristocratic Lady Wakasa and her servant ask Genjurô to bring her shopping to her fancy Kutsuki House. Sooner Genjurô and Tobei discover the price they have to pay for their ambition.

Miss Oyu (1951)
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.

Street of Shame (1956)
Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women's daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations. Hanae is married, her husband unemployed; they have a young child. Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, who's now old enough to work and care for her. The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her. Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out; she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him. Mickey seems the most devil-may-care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home.

Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi directed Princess Yang Kwei Fei. When first we see her, the "princess" (Machiko Kyo) is a mere servant girl. The reigning princess dies, and the emperor chooses the servant as his wife. Jealousy and back-stabbing doom this union from the start. Mizoguchi charactistically explores the plight of women in the face of a repressive, chauvinistic society--in this instance, 8th century China. Princess Yang Kwei Fei was originally released as Yokihi.

The Crucified Lovers (1954)
In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. When Osan is falsely accused of having an affair with the best worker, Mohei, the pair flee the city and declare their love for each other. Ishun orders his men to find them, and separate them to avoid public humiliation.

The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out about her mother's profession. Hatsuko is having a discrete affair with the young Dr. Matoba, who looks after the geisha girls. The doctor is attracted to Yukiko, who initially despises him and everything connected with the geisha house. However Yukiko gradually changes her views.

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
In mediaeval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

A Geisha (1953)
In the post-war Gion district of Kyoto, the geisha Miyoharu agrees to apprentice the 16 year-old Eiko, whose mother was a former geisha who had just died. After a year of training they have to find a large sum of money before Eiko can debut. Miyoharu borrows the money from the tea-house owner, Okimi, who in turn obtains the money from the businessman Kusuda. Kusuda fancies Eiko himself and wants to give Miyoharu to Kanzaki in order to close a large business deal. However both geishas have minds of their own and, going against tradition, want to be able to say no to clients.

Tales of Ugetsu (1953)
In the civil wars of 16th century Japan, two ambitious peasants want to make their fortunes. The potter Genjuro intends to sell his wares for vast profits in the local city, while his brother-in-law Tobei wishes to become a samurai. Their village is sacked by the marauding armies, but Genjuro's kiln miraculously survives, and they and their wives head for the city. However, Genjuro soon sends his wife Miyagi back home, promising to return to her soon, and Tobei, in his keenness to follow the samurai, abandons his wife Ohama. Meanwhile, a wealthy noblewoman, the Lady Wakasa, shows an interest in Genjuro's pots, and invites him to her mansion.

Miss Oyu (1951)
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.

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