Japan d/ K. Mizoguchi
Hyperventilated melodrama set in the tightly controlled world of medieval Japan. Complicated plot with several twists ends with a couple on the run...in that world their chances of escaping and starting a new life were zero.
As always Mizoguchi focused on the disparity in life quality between the classes. this time he also shows the treachery the ruling class will use when they see one of their own stumble. Vulnerability means ruin by these sharks.
Nice looking B/W (1963). Short, punchy and effective.
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