Fusako, a drug dealer’s young mistress in postwar Japan, loses her tenuous grasp on life upon learning about her lover’s affair.

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In the post-war Japan, Fusako Owada lives in the home of her mother-in-law with her baby that is ill while waits for the return of her husband from the war. When she learns that her husband has died and her baby also dies, she moves to another city with her neighbor Kumiko Owada to work as secretary executive for the opium dealer Kenzô Kuriyama. One day, she stumbles upon her missed sister Natsuko Kimijima that has returned from the Korea on the street and she learns that Natsuko works as a dancer in a night-club. Natsuko moves to Fusako and Kumiko’s apartment and soon she has a love affair with Fusako’s boss. However Fusako is secretly Kuriyama’s mistress and upset, she vanishes. One day, a client of Natsuko in the night-club tells to her that he saw Fusako in the Red Light District. Natsuko that is pregnant decides to seek her sister out in the prostitution area. Will she find Fusako? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Women.of.the.Night.1948.1080p.HDTV.AAC2.0.x264-EC.mkv

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The post Kenji Mizoguchi – Yoru no onnatachi AKA Women of the Night (1948) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
Yuki is mistreated by her husband after they lose everything in the war. She tries to find comfort in another man’s arms, but the inhibitions of her class conditioning leave her with no way out.

Portrait.of.Madame.Yuki.1950.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Subtitles:English

The post Kenji Mizoguchi – Yuki fujin ezu AKA Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A young country girl becomes pregnant, is spurned by her lover and takes up the life of an itinerant player.

The.Straits.of.Love.and.Hate.1937.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

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Subtitles:English

The post Kenji Mizoguchi – Aien kyo AKA The Straits of Love and Hate (1937) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.

Sisters.of.the.Gion.1936.Kenji.Mizoguchi.576p.BluRay.DD2.0.x264.mkv

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Subtitles:English, French

The post Kenji Mizoguchi – Gion no shimai AKA Sisters of the Gion (1936) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Kiyone Sakurai, an apprentice swordmaker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Onoda breaks the sword while defending his lord which eventually leads to his death at the hands of Naito, when Naito demands to marry his daughter Sasae. Sasae vows to avenge her father’s death and pleads for Kiyone Sakurai to make a special sword for her. So Kiyone and his fellow swordmaker Kiyotsugu go to the master swordsmith Kiyohide Yamatomori to learn their craft and forge the sword.

The Famous Sword Bijomaru (1945) -- Kenji Mizoguchi.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/F34C50AF4617D60/Interview_-_Kaneto_Shindo.mkv
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The post Kenji Mizoguchi – Meito bijomaru AKA The Famous Sword Bijomaru (1945) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Yôkihi is a panoramic period romance about the legendarily beautiful and graceful common-born woman loved by the last T’ang Emperor Xuan Zong. The pure love shared by the royal couple is offset by the political turmoil and corruption of the 8th century, as a dynasty breathes its last dying gasps.

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Yokihi was the first of Mizoguchi’s films to be made in colour. An opportunity afforded him by a tactical alliance between the studio he worked for and a Chinese company known as Shaw and sons, a forerunner of the famous Shaw brothers studio who would later go on to dominate Asian cinema. Seen as so ridiculous by Chinese cinemagoers of the period that it contributed to the collapse of the Shaw and sons studio. (…) Yokihi’ is the Japanese pronunciation of Yang Guifei, the name of a high-ranking imperial concubine at the court of the Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty. (…) The story of Yang Guifei is known to most Chinese people of reasonable education. Yang is referred to as one of the four great beauties of Chinese literature, putting her on a similar footing as Helen of Troy.

Yookihi (Princess Yang Kwei-Fei) - Kenji Mizoguchi (1955).mkv

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Subtitles:English

The post Kenji Mizoguchi – Yôkihi aka The Empress Yang Kwei Fei aka Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent.

The.Love.of.Sumako.the.Actress.1947.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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The post Kenji Mizoguchi – Joyû Sumako no koi AKA The Love of Sumako the Actress (1947) first appeared on Cinema of the World.