Yasuzō Masumura

Yasuzō Masumura

출생 : 1924-08-25, Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan

사망 : 1986-11-23

약력

Yasuzo Masumura (増村 保造 Masumura Yasuzō, August 25, 1924 - November 23, 1986) was a Japanese film director. Masumura was born in Kōfu on Honshū. After dropping out of a law course at the University of Tokyo he worked as an assistant director at the Daiei studio, later returning to university to study philosophy; he graduated in 1949. He then won a scholarship allowing him to study film in Italy at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia under Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. Masumura returned to Japan in 1953 and from 1955 worked as a second-unit director on films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi and Kon Ichikawa, before directing his own first film, Kisses, in 1957. Over the next three decades he directed around 60 films in a variety of genres. His work is noted for his dark satire and fluid style. Notable films include Red Angel, Black Test Car, Giants and Toys, Blind Beast and Hoodlum Soldier.

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Yasuzō Masumura
Yasuzō Masumura

참여 작품

이 아이의 7번째 생일을 축하하러
Writer
Following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them.
이 아이의 7번째 생일을 축하하러
Director
Following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them.
The Garden of Eden
Director
A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. He falls in love with her and lures her to deserted strip of beach where he pretends his stolen motorbike has broken down and they are stranded. An unlikely romance follows.
赤い死線
Director
소네자키 동반자살
Screenplay
Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous people took undue advantage of these changes before the social order was re-created. In this story, a rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him. Then he sets his henchmen on the clerk to administer a beating.
소네자키 동반자살
Director
Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous people took undue advantage of these changes before the social order was re-created. In this story, a rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him. Then he sets his henchmen on the clerk to administer a beating.
대지의 아이
Director
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies. Notwithstanding her healthy distrust of all strangers, which her upbringing instilled in her, it is not long before a cunning racketeer finds her weak point, that temptation which she cannot resist, that weakness, different as it may be, that each of us has, and brings her into his power. What follows is a depiction of her cruel descent into the depths of moral decay, as she becomes a collaborator in a system of exploitation, unbridled lust, vanity, and greed, in which she and other victims are always the losers.
Main Line to Terror
Director
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospital patients, plots to disrupt and, in ten days, destroy a unit of the operation. He warns the Japan National Railway, that, if nothing is done to reduce the noise, he will derail a bullet train. Takigawa is the police detective sent to stop him.
Main Line to Terror
Screenplay
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older hospital patients, plots to disrupt and, in ten days, destroy a unit of the operation. He warns the Japan National Railway, that, if nothing is done to reduce the noise, he will derail a bullet train. Takigawa is the police detective sent to stop him.
어느 영화감독의 생애: 미조구치 겐지의 기록
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai) is a 1975 Japanese documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi, directed by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba). It runs 150 minutes and can be found on the second disc of the Region 1 Criterion Collection release of Ugetsu (1953).
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Director
About small time gangster Asakichis chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business. Instead He supports himself on arranging cockfights. He becomes ex-geisha Okinus patron and lover, and goes directly into disfavor with the Yakuza.
고요키바 3
Screenplay
Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his youth, offers protection to a forward-thinking physician Genan Sugino who has defamed his ruler, discovers a pleasure ring of young wives and a blind music teacher, and cuckolds a corrupt official under his very nose.
고요키바 2
Screenplay
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
고요키바 2
Director
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
Music
Writer
A young woman undergoes psychiatric treatment after she no longer hears music and develops sexual hang-ups.
Music
Director
A young woman undergoes psychiatric treatment after she no longer hears music and develops sexual hang-ups.
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
Screenplay
New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line
Director
불장난
Director
죽은 아버지가 남기고 간 빚을 갚기 위해 공장에서 일하는 16살 소녀. 수시로 돈을 요구하는 엄마의 등쌀에 소녀는 바 호스티스가 되어 보지 않겠느냐는 친구의 제안을 받아들이기로 결심하고 전화번호부에서 친구의 이름을 찾는다. 그때 그녀에게 다가와 말을 거는 젊은 불량배. 소녀는 그와 함께 차를 마시고 영화를 보며 그녀의 인생에서 처음으로 자신에게 친절하게 대해 주는 사람을 만난 기쁨을 누린다. 하지만 그는 여성들을 강간하고 팔아 넘기는 야쿠자의 하수인일 뿐이다.
Just for You
Screenplay
Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house. Yumi is impulsive, out-going. And although she cannot claim to be good at Japanese dancing or playing musical instruments so necessary to a geisha, she is a whizz at go-go and will dance the hula at parties. But before becoming a full-fledged geisha, Yumi must go through the ceremony of the "mizuage", when a budding geisha surrenders her virginity to an experienced man who makes her a woman. Takida, a rich money-lender, is chosen for Yumi's mizuage but she offers herself first to Keiichi (Ryo Tamura), who she really loves although she knows that his world and hers are too far apart for a successful marriage.
The Hot Little Girl
Writer
A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.
The Hot Little Girl
Director
A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.
An Ode to Yakuza
Director
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...
Play It Cool
Screenplay
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
Play It Cool
Director
This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.
Vixen
Screenplay
Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
Vixen
Director
Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
Thousand Cranes
Director
The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunari.
눈먼 짐승
Director
아키는 자신을 모델로 한 조각이 전시된 화랑을 방문한다. 그녀는 한 맹인이 조각의 가슴과 배, 허벅지 등을 더듬고 있는 모습을 보게 되고, 마치 자신의 몸을 더듬고 있는 듯한 착각에 빠진다. 며칠 후, 안마사를 불러 마사지를 받던 아키는 마취약에 취해 정신을 잃는다. 정신을 차린 아키는 자신이 여자의 신체가 오브제가 되어 무수히 놓여있는 거대한 밀실에 갇혀 있음을 깨닫는다.
One Day at Summer's End
Director
A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.
The House of Wooden Blocks
Writer
On his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie. Enraged, he decides to outdo his father in terms of immoral behaviour.
The House of Wooden Blocks
Director
On his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie. Enraged, he decides to outdo his father in terms of immoral behaviour.
The Sex Check
Director
Ken Ogata plays Shiro Miyagi, a sprinter with Olympic aspirations whose dreams were shattered by WWII. A broken man, he leads the dissolute life of a gigolo until a chance meeting with a fiery young athlete named Hiroko (Michiyo Yasuda). Realizing that she has talent as a sprinter, Miyagi sees a second chance at Olympic glory in becoming her coach. Following Miyagi’s unconventional, military-style training, Hiroko sets a record for the 100-meter dash, but her greatest hurdle proves to be a “sex check” which all professional athletes must pass.
The Great Villains
Screenplay
Psychological action drama about the activities of a corrupt lawyer.
The Great Villains
Director
Psychological action drama about the activities of a corrupt lawyer.
하나오카 세이슈의 아내
Director
하나오카 세이슈는 전신마취술을 연구하는 의사로, 그의 아내와 어머니는 세이슈를 사랑한 나머지 서로 실험대상이 되려고 경쟁한다. 세이슈는 두 사람의 경쟁관계를 교묘히 이용하여 실험에 성공한다.
Love for an Idiot
Director
A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.
A Certain Killer
Screenplay
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
Two Wives
Director
After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The sexual anxiety between the interwoven couples tautens right up to the nearly unbearable tension of the climax...
붉은 천사
Director
사쿠라는 2차대전 말기의 중국에 있는 야전병원에서 간호사로 근무하며, 군의관을 도와 수많은 절단 수술을 돕는다. 광기 가득한 지옥과 같은 곳에서 손발이 잘려 시체처럼 내팽겨진 부상자들에게 그녀는 연민을 느끼고, 군의관과도 사랑에 빠진다. 절망에 빠진 병사들에게 몸을 허락하지만, 진정한 사랑을 갈망하는 여자의 본능을 그린 이색작으로 프랑스에서도 높은 평가를 받은 작품이다.
나카노 스파이 학교
Director
스파이 육성을 위해 만들어진 나카노 학교에는 이름과 호적, 가족이나 연인도 지워버린 채 밤낮으로 치열한 훈련을 계속하는 젊은이들이 있다. 스파이 후보생 지로는 졸업 시험인 영국군의 암호 코드 탈취에 성공하지만 약혼녀 유키코가 영국 군대의 스파이라는 사실이 밝혀지며 선택의 기로에 선다.
문신
Director
전당포 사장의 딸 오츠야는 종업원 신스케와 함께 사랑의 도피를 떠난다. 둘의 짧은 사랑도 잠시, 그들이 묵던 숙소의 주인 켄지는 신스케를 죽이고 오츠야를 유곽에 팔아 넘길 궁리를 하고 문신사 세이키치는 오츠야의 아름답고 흰 피부에 일생일대의 문신을 새기고자 하는 욕망에 이끌린다.
세이사쿠의 아내
Director
세이사쿠는 러일전쟁 시기의 한 가난한 농촌에 살고 있다. 그가 전쟁에 징집당하게 되자, 그의 아내 오카네는 남편을 정쟁에 보내지 않기 위해 무서운 음모를 꾸민다. 전쟁이라는 상황 속에서 사랑하는 남자를 위해 싸우는 여자의 소름끼치는 면모 속에 깃든 아름다움을 그렸다. 2차대전 전에 영화화 된 요시다 겐지로의 원작을 리메이크한 작품으로, 단순한 반전영화가 아닌, 섬뜩하면서도 아름다운 연애영화의 걸작이다.
군대 야쿠자
Director
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.
Superexpress
Screenplay
A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an automobile factory. But by accident the realtor learns that the Tokaido Railway Line is going to be built directly across the land just acquired.
Superexpress
Director
A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an automobile factory. But by accident the realtor learns that the Tokaido Railway Line is going to be built directly across the land just acquired.
만지
Director
변호사의 아내 소노코는 미술학교에서 만난 묘령의 여인 미츠코와 사랑에 빠진다. 소노코가 미츠코에게 누드모델이 되어줄 것을 부탁하고, 둘은 서로의 육체를 탐미한다. 여기에 미츠코의 애인과 소노코의 남편이 가세해 묘한 사랑의 이야기가 이어진다. 다니자키 준이치로의 원작을 바탕으로 당시 일본영화계에서 금기시 되었던 여성간의 동성애를 요염하지만 깔끔하게 묘사한 마스무라 야스조의 대표작이다.
남편은 보았다
Director
미모의 유부녀 카와요 나미코는 나이트클럽의 젊은 경영자인 이시즈카와 만나 서로 끌리고 결국 사랑에 빠진다. 그러나 이시즈카는 나미코의 남편인 세이조의 회사 주식을 매점해 탈취할 음모를 꾸민다.
Fools at Work
Director
A comedy directed by Yasuzo Masumura starring Yunosuke Ito.
Sentimental Mobsters
Screenplay
A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!
Sentimental Mobsters
Director
A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!
When Women Lie
Director
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).
검정 리포트
Director
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
검정 리포트
Script
After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.
A Woman's Life
Director
One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.
검정 테스트 카
Director
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
Stolen Pleasure
Director
Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe (and renowned director in his own right) Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women for the affections and commitment of the same man, a handsome car salesman. Masuko (Ayako Wakao) is the number one hostess at a cabaret, living with her lover, ... but finds out that he has a wife. When Masuko’s niece arrives the competition further ratchets up. (Also occasionally known in English as “Inflamation”)
The Burdened Sisters
Director
Obscure Masamura film shot in 1961
아내는 고백한다
Director
등산 중이던 세 사람은 사고로 절벽의 한 로프에 매달리게 된다. 모두 죽을 수 밖에 없는 위기에서 아내는 남편이 매달린 로프를 끊어 자신과 다른 남자를 살린다. 아내는 살인죄로 법정에 서게 되고 그녀의 고백이 시작된다. 속도감 있게 과거와 현재를 넘나드는 교차 구성이 훌륭한 영화로 와카오 아야코를 일본영화사의 큰 배우로 이끈 작품이다.
호색일대남
Director
병적이다 싶을정도로 색을 밝히는 남자 이야기.
Love and Life
Director
Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.
The False Student
Director
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
발에 닿은 여자
Director
도쿄 특급 열차를 탄 소매치기 전문 형사는 젊고 아름다운 소매치기인 사야를 만나게 되지만 현행범이 아니라는 이유로 그녀를 체포하지는 못한다. 오히려 그는 자살한 아버지와 과로사로 어머니를 떠나 보낸 그녀의 이야기를 들으며 연민을 가지게 되는데…
실없는 놈
Director
라이벌 사가라 갱단의 보스를 불구로 만든 아사히나는 2년 7개월 형을 선고받는다. 수감 중에도 복수를 위해 사가라 갱단의 암살자들이 아사히나를 덮치지만, 용케 살아난 그는 출옥 후에도 여전히 사가라 갱단의 습격에 위태로운 상태이다. 그러던 중 우연히 수감되기 전 극장 매표소에서 일하던 요시에를 만나 사랑에 빠지면서 그는 그동안 자신이 걸어왔던 길에 대한 허무함을 느끼기 시작한다.
A Woman's Testament
Director
The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.
Across the Darkness
Writer
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
Across the Darkness
Director
A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.
Beauty the Enemy
Director
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.
The Cast-Off
Director
The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)
The Most Valuable Madam
Director
lchiro, the president of Mihara & Co., is henpecked by his wife Momoko, a clever and beautiful woman, but prattling and intrusive. She makes her younger sister Nashiko marry lchiro's younger brother, Jiro, manager of his company and now plans to marry her youngest sister Kyoko to her husband's youngest brother, Saburo. This means her domination of the Miharas and their business, a fine triple play which would gain her the title of "The Most Valuable Madam." However, in opposition to Momoko, Kyoko boldly declares that she will never marry Saburo. However Saburo is a most attractive young man and attracts Kyoko. Will she or her elder sister be able to win the title of "The Most Valuable Madam"?
Disobedience
Director
A young delinquent wants to avenge his sister from a college student who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the student's sister to make him suffer the same fate.
The Lowest Man
Director
A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.
거인과 완구
Director
밝게 웃는 얼굴과 건강함이 매력인 시마 교코. 엉뚱한 사건을 계기로 제과회사의 마스코트로 선택된 교코는 곧 스타덤에 오른다. 거대한 현대 소비사회에 희롱당하고 부딪치면서도 강한 의지를 관철하는 남녀를 그린 마스무라 야스조의 초기 대표작.
The Precipice
Director
Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause of the death, then discover that the cut rope was made in the factory for which Uozu’s brother works.
Warm Current
Director
The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.
명랑소녀
Director
작은 마을에서 할머니와 단둘이 살던 오노 유코는 갑작스러운 할머니의 죽음과 함께 자신이 아버지와 비서 사이에서 태어난 사생아이며, 생모는 2차 대전 이후에 연락이 끊겨 할머니가 맡아 기르게 되었음을 알게 된다. 도쿄에서 부유하게 살고 있는 계모의 집에서 살게 된 그녀는 계모와 이복형제들의 멸시를 받으며 하녀처럼 생활하지만 언제나 밝은 면만을 보며 자신의 삶을 긍정적으로 받아들이는 '명랑소녀'이다.
입맞춤
Director
선거 위반으로 구속된 아버지를 찾아간 구치소에서 긴이치는 아키코와 알게 된다. 아키코의 아버지는 아픈 어머니를 입원시키기 위해 나쁜 짓을 하다 잡혔던 것이다. 긴이치는 오토바이에 아키코를 태우고 해안으로 간다. 수영복을 입은 아키코의 성숙한 모습에 긴이치는 충격을 받아 넘치는 에너지를 짜버리듯 놀이에 흥겨워 하지만, 그러던 중 3년 전에 가출한 엄마랑 우연히 만나게 된다. 아버지의 보석금으로 10만엔을 빌려 줄 것을 부탁하지만, 그 자신을 담보로 하지 않으면 돈은 빌려줄 수 없다고 거절 당한다. 한 편 아키코는 엄마의 입원비 뿐만 아니라 아버지의 보석금도 마련하지 않으면 안된다. 누드 모델만은 하고 싶지 않은 아키코는 그만 몸을 팔 결심을 하고 긴이치에게 헤어지자고 말한다. 긴이치는 그 때 몸을 빼앗길뻔한 상태에서 아키코를 구하고 엄마한테 빌린 돈 10만엔을 그녀의 손에 쥐어준다. '받을 이유가 없다'고 거절하는 아키코에게 긴이치는 격정적인 입맞춤을 한다. 상처 입은 아키코를 안고 긴이치는 처음으로 솔직하게 아키코에게 사랑을 이야기 한다.
Punishment Room
Assistant Director
Shimada is a student of U College. When the college's baseball team wins the day, he and his friend Ito drug two girls they met at the game.
니혼바시
Assistant Director
니혼바시 거리에 ‘이나바야’라는 게이샤 하우스가 들어선다. 이나바야의 주인인 오코와 최고의 미인 기요하는 남자들의 선망의 대상이다. 매춘부인 누나를 찾던 가츠라기는 우연히 누나를 닮은 기요하를 만나 사랑에 빠지지만 기요하는 이를 거절한다. 그런데 낙담한 가츠라기는 우연히 오코를 만나 다시 반하고 만다. 이즈미 교카의 원작을 각색한 작품.
수치의 거리
Assistant Director
정부에서 매춘을 금지하자는 논의가 벌어지고 있을 무렵, 도쿄 공창가의 유곽 ‘꿈의 마을’에서는 다섯 명의 매춘부들이 각자 사연을 안고 살아간다. 하나에는 있으나 마나 한 남편과 하나뿐인 아이를 돌보고, 과부인 유메코 역시 홀로 아들을 건사한다. 요리에는 구혼하는 남자 때문에 고민이고, 야스미는 빚을 갚기 위해 착실히 돈을 모은다. 미키는 앞일 따위는 걱정하지 않는데, 어느 날, 고베에서 아버지가 찾아온다. 각양각색의 사연을 가진 매춘부들의 삶을 통해 현대 사회와 여성들의 모습을 생생하게 그려낸 미조구치의 유작이다. (2016 영화의 전당 - 미조구치 겐지 60주기 특별전) 남자들이 하룻밤의 쾌락을 찾아서 출입하는 환락가. 겉으로 그럴듯해 보이는 이 세계는 실은 하루하루의 절박한 삶을 살아가는 작부들의 애환이 서려있다. 살롱 ‘꿈의 고향’에는 이재에 밝은 야스미, 가출 소녀 출신의 미키, 실업자인 남편을 먹여 살리는 하나에 등 여러 여인네들이 남자들을 끌어들이기 위해 애쓴다. 하지만 마침 ‘매춘금지법안’이 국회에 제출되면서 이 거리에도 여러 가지 파문이 일어난다. 자신들의 생계가 위험해질 가능성이 커짐에 따라 그녀들은 자신의 삶에 대해 다시 생각하게 된다. 절박한 상황에 놓인 작부들의 모습을 호화로운 캐스팅으로 그려낸 미조구치 여성 영화의 최고봉이라 할 만한 작품으로 그의 유작이 되었다. 이 영화가 제작될 당시 실제로 ‘매춘금지법’이 일본에서 제출되어 1956년 5월에 가결되었다. 그 시사성 때문에 개봉 당시 대히트를 기록했다. (2010 일본영화거장전 - 미조구치 겐지)
양귀비
Assistant Director
당나라의 현종황제는 깊게 사랑하던 처 무혜비를 잃고 실의의 나날을 보내고 있다. 측근들은 황제의 마음을 사로잡을만한 여인을 열심히 찾지만 어느 누구도 그의 마음에 들지는 않는다. 정치적 야심을 갖고 있던 안록산은 어느 날 양씨 집안의 부엌에서 양옥환이란 아가씨를 발견하고 그녀를 황제에게 추천한다. 현종은 전의 황후와 많이 닮은 그녀에게 관심을 가지기 시작한다. 미조구치 최초의 컬러 영화로 호화로운 궁정을 무대로 한 역사물이다. 현종이 양귀비를 너무 사랑한 나머지 결국 당제국을 멸망의 길로 접어들게 했다는 역사적 사실을 배경으로 하면서도 미조구치는 남녀 간의 슬픈 사랑에 초점을 맞춘다. 정감 넘치는 대작이다.