Ugetsu Films Sans Frontieres

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

Films sans frontières (Firm)

Language:

Japanese

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 32 min., 35 sec)) sound

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2016

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Films Sans Frontieres, [1953]

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. 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... Featuring Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka. Country of production: Japan. Also released as Ugetsu Monogatari. Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised

Contents:

Ugetsu (32:35);

Notes:

Originally released by Films Sans Frontieres, 1953

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2016

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1143509769

Publisher Number:

56974 Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license