FIVE WOMEN AROUND UTAMARO (1946)
Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna -
This was Kenji Mizoguchi's first film made under the American occupation and
Jidaigeki films like Utamaro were rarely made, as they were seen as being
inherently nationalistic or militaristic.
A fictionalized account of the life of print artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Utamaro is a great artist in the new, dynamic form of painting known as Ukiyo-e (literally: paintings of the floating world), he lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers.
But occasionally his art gets him into trouble. When a Samurai apprenticed to a Kano Master (the old official court-approved style of painting), visits an Edo print shop he sees a painting by Utamaro that boasts of Ukiyo-e 's superiority to the official style. Enraged, he goes to the brothel where Utamaro is with his friends, and challenges him to a duel. Utamaro counter-challenges him with a different kind of duel - a contest of painting.
Director: Mizoguchi Kenji
Stars: Minosuke Bando, Kinuyo Tanaka and Kotaro Bando
1946 – JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - B&W – FULL SCREEN - 106 MINUTES$12.99
A fictionalized account of the life of print artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Utamaro is a great artist in the new, dynamic form of painting known as Ukiyo-e (literally: paintings of the floating world), he lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers.
But occasionally his art gets him into trouble. When a Samurai apprenticed to a Kano Master (the old official court-approved style of painting), visits an Edo print shop he sees a painting by Utamaro that boasts of Ukiyo-e 's superiority to the official style. Enraged, he goes to the brothel where Utamaro is with his friends, and challenges him to a duel. Utamaro counter-challenges him with a different kind of duel - a contest of painting.
Director: Mizoguchi Kenji
Stars: Minosuke Bando, Kinuyo Tanaka and Kotaro Bando
1946 – JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - B&W – FULL SCREEN - 106 MINUTES
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