Ugetsu

8

Japan

Fantasy Drama Mystery

96 min

1953

Machiko Kyō Tokiko Mita Keiko Koyanagi Teruko Ōmi Jun Fujikawa Yukio Horikita Saburo Date Eigorō Onoe Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka Shōzō Nanbu Kichijirō Ueda Ryōsuke Kagawa Eitarō Ozawa Masayuki Mori Kinuyo Tanaka Mitsuko Mito Sachiko Soma

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.