Synopsis: "Quite simply one of the greatest of filmmakers," said Jean-Luc Godard of Kenji Mizoguchi. And Ugetsu, a ghost story like no other, is surely the Japanese director's supreme achievement. Derived from stories by Akinari Uedu and Guy de Maupassant, this haunting tale of love and loss - with its exquisite blending of the otherworldly and the real - is one of the most beautiful films ever made.
Alternate Title(s): Tales of Ugetsu , Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon After the Rain
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Extra Features:
Audio commentary by filmmaker, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns
Two Worlds Intertwined, an appreciation of Ugetsu by director Masahiro Shinoda (Double Suicide, Samurai Spy)
Process and Production, a new video interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu, about the making of the film
Video interview with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa
Theatrical trailers
Disc Two:
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975), a 150-minute documentary by Kaneto Shindo
Plus:
A 72-page booklet featuring the original short stories on which the film is based: Akinari Ueda�s The House in the Thicket and Lust of the Serpent and Guy de Maupassant�s How He Got the Legion of Honor and a new essay by critic Phillip Lopate.
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