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Ugetsu
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #138
- IMDb #283
- Rotten Tomatoes #42
- Letterboxd #168
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #33
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #288
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 100, everyone else 83.
See the most agreed on films →In war-torn feudal Japan, two ambitious peasants leave their wives to seek fortune and glory. One pursues wealth as a merchant, while the other dreams of becoming a samurai. Their quests for success lead them into a haunting, supernatural world of ghosts and spirits, blurring the lines between reality and illusion. The film explores the tragic cost of their ambitions and the devastation their absences wreak upon the families they left behind.
Details
- Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Writers
- Hisakazu Tsuji, Yoshikata Yoda
- Based on
- Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Ueda Akinari
- Studio
- Daiei Film
- Released
- 26 March 1953
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- NR
- Awards
- 6 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →2 major awards won · 6 wins from 7 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Venice Film Festival 1953 | Pasinetti Award | Kenji Mizoguchi | Winner |
| Venice Film Festival 1953 | Silver Lion | Kenji Mizoguchi | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1956 | Best Costume Design, Black and White | Tadaoto Kainosho | Nominee |
| Kinema Junpo Awards 1953 | Best Ten | Ugetsu Monogatari | Winner |
| Mainichi Film Awards 1953 | Best Art Direction | Kisaku Itō | Winner |
| Mainichi Film Awards 1953 | Best Sound Recording | Iwao Ōtani | Winner |
| Ministry of Education 1953 | Cinematography | Kazuo Miyagawa | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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7 awards — Ugetsu
×| Pasinetti Award | Kenji Mizoguchi | Winner |
| Silver Lion | Kenji Mizoguchi | Winner |
| Best Costume Design, Black and White | Tadaoto Kainosho | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Kisaku Itō | Winner |
| Best Sound Recording | Iwao Ōtani | Winner |
| Best Ten | Ugetsu Monogatari | Winner |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Miyagawa | Winner |