Ugetsu (4K UHD, #309) 70s vibrant and terrifying” (Jonathan Barkan

vibrant and terrifying” (Jonathan Barkan

Herschell vs The Censors – Lewis discusses some of the pitfalls involving local censorship and the lengths to which angry moviegoers tried to stop him

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Ugetsu (4K UHD, #309) 70s vibrant and terrifying” (Jonathan BarkanBy the time he made Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi was already an elder statesman of Japanese cinema, fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other directors of a younger generation. And with this exquisite ghost story, a fatalistic wartime tragedy derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, he created a touchstone of his art, his long takes and sweeping camera guiding the viewer through a delirious narrative about two villagers whose pursuit