Ugetsu

Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953

Spine #309

Picked by 3 guests

Fantasy / Drama / Mystery

Part of A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Written by Yoshikata Yoda

Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa

Edited by Mitsuzō Miyata

Cast Machiko Kyō, Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Eitarō Ozawa, Sugisaku Aoyama, Mitsusaburō Ramon, Ryōsuke Kagawa

Picked by

Lav Diaz director

“Ugetsu… Wow. Kenji Mizoguchi, one of the greatest Japanese filmmakers. Again, he dissects The Human Condition in a very, very clinical way. You watch him and you understand humanity.”

Lav Diaz

Julia Fox actor

“Ugetsu. Oh, a Japanese ghost story.”

Julia Fox

Hideo Kojima cinematographer

“[Translated] Next is Ugetsu by Kenji Mizoguchi. Martin Scorsese restored this, so there's a Blu-ray in Japan too, but Criterion has it here. I saw this as a child and it was scary. It's a bit of a ghost movie. It's in black and white, but it's a beautiful film, so I'd like you to see it.”

Hideo Kojima

Also mentioned as part of A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu

Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh actor

“This is Story of Floating Weeds. Now it’s not because I... I identify with the weeds. It’s a lovely cover. I’m going to have that. It’s going to be my first one. All right. To add to my Ozu collection.”

Marianne Jean-Baptiste & Mike Leigh

Wim Wenders director

Picked without comment

Ryusuke Hamaguchi director

“[Translated] Another Ozu, Floating Weeds. This is one Ozu made for Daiei. He worked with Kazuo Miyagawa, who is famous as Kenji Mizoguchi's cinematographer. I'll take this too.”

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

1 more guest picked this box set without comment

Wim Wenders