Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.
Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without success. Saburouta is rescued by his niece, Keisuke at the last moment. Keisuke is a a good-for-nothing. Since that event, he always turns to his uncle when he needs money. Recently Keisuke feels his uncle isn't as generous as he used to be, he suspects that Saburouta has found out the illicit relation between Keisuke and his uncle's young mistress, Ohasu.
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New National Theatre Company, he wants nothing more than to choreograph the swordfights for the modern plays put on by the company.
Sukezô Hisama
교토의 사원을 무대로 주지 스님과 첩이 펼치는 애욕과 이를 차갑게 바라보는 동자승의 반역과 복수를 그린 문예대작. 문예영화의 진중한 분위기 속에서 어떠한 필연성도 없이 화장실의 장면이 등장하곤 하는데, 이러한 장면은 배설이라는 행위가 인간 본연의 모습을 가감 없이 보여주는 행위라고 생각한 가와시마의 영화에서 종종 보이는 설정이다. (2014 한국영상자료원 - 가와시마 유조 감독전)
The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.
A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbulent era in which various characters fall into a maelstrom of events - a pretty girl, a strange beggar woman, a charming thief, a clever detective, the famous magistrate Toyama Saemon no jo, they all struggle to unravel this mystery of the white bell, which provoked the sudden disappearance of two beautiful women caught in one place at the same time at midnight.
Film directed by Kenji Misumi.
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo Award for best actor Raizo Ichikawa.
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mogol fleet reaches Japanese shores?
While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of servants and onlookers suddenly come upon an apparition of a ghostly white-draped female figure floating down to the ground. As she turns to face the crowd, the woman reveals the disfigured right side of her face. As the procession stands in utter horror, the ghost then takes flight again and down a side street. After the shock wears off, the bride is checked on and everyone is safe in the group. Once the wedding party finally arrives at the groom's home, they apologize for the delay... and proceed to open the kago, only to realize that the bride-to-be is now missing... and all that's left in the carriage is a single white snake slithering about.
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.
Tennojiya
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
Film adaption by Kenji Misumi
In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
Head of travelling actors
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.
여행 중 인신매매범의 손에 걸려 모친과 헤어지게 된 주시오와 안주의 오누이는 호족 산쇼다유에게 팔리게 된다. 노예나 다름없게 된 이 두 사람은 중노동에 시달리면서도 모친과의 재회를 꿈꾸며 하루하루를 보낸다. 그로부터 십년 후 여전히 산쇼다유의 수용소에 갇혀있는 이들은 어느 날 새로 들어온 젊은 여인이 부르는 노래에 자신들의 이름이 들어있는 것을 알고는 깜짝 놀란다.
인신매매가 횡행하는 헤이안 시대를 배경으로 부모 자식 간의 애정 그리고 인신매매 등의 인권 문제를 그리고 있는 작품으로, 단순한 이슈로서의 사회성을 인간 조건의 비극성에까지 끌고 간 걸작이다.
Boatsman
도공 겐주로는 전란의 혼란을 틈타 큰 돈을 벌 생각을 한다. 한편 그의 매제 도베이는 사무라이로서 출세하는 것이 꿈인 사내다. 겐주로의 처 미야기는 돈은 못 벌더라도 가족 간의 단란함이 훨씬 소중하다고 생각한다. 겐주로는 만들어놓은 도기를 팔러 도회로 나가 상당기간 소식이 끊어진다. 그는 시장에서 어느 귀부인으로부터 물건을 배달해달라는 부탁을 받는데, 그녀의 아름다움에 한눈에 반하고 만다. 현실과 환상의 구분을 일거에 무너뜨리는 뛰어난 영상미와 인간의 어리석음의 근원을 파고드는 설득력 있는 스토리로 미조구치 겐지의 이름을 세계에 알린 작품일뿐 아니라 후대의 영화 작가들에게 큰 영향을 끼친 영화이다.
