Ugetsu is a 1953 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, based on stories from Ueda Akinari's eighteenth century collection Ugetsu Monogatari, set amid the civil warfare of Japan's Sengoku period. It follows two peasant men, a potter and a would be samurai, whose ambitions for wealth and glory lead them away from their families and into supernatural encounters that expose the costs of their pursuits. The film won the Silver Lion at the 1953 Venice Film Festival and is widely regarded by critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest films ever made, admired for its fluid camera work and ghostly visual atmosphere.
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Was Ugetsu the only Silver Lion that Kenji Mizoguchi won at Venice?
Mizoguchi won the Venice Silver Lion twice running: Ugetsu in 1953 and Sansho the Bailiff in 1954.
No. Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the 1953 Venice Film Festival, and Mizoguchi won the same prize again the next year for Sansho the Bailiff in 1954, so he took the Silver Lion two years in a row.
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Ugetsu, Description, original language
Ugetsu is a 1953 Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, based on stories from Ueda Akinari's eighteenth century collection Ugetsu Monogatari, set amid the civil warfare of Japan's Sengoku period.
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Ugetsu (雨月物語, Ugetsu Monogatari, lit. "Rain-moon tales") is a 1953 Japanese period fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It was written by Matsutarō Kawaguchi and Yoshikata Yoda based on the
Created By: Kenji Mizoguchi, Infobox: director
Kenji Mizoguchi
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Wikidata P166: Silver LionQuote, Wikidata P166: Silver Lion
Wikidata P166 (award received): Silver Lion.
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