A Geisha

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Scott R @ScottR Oct 5 NYT 1000 movies list. Unique for taking on the hidden culture and showing the real people behind it. It was sad, but it hasn't especially stood the test of time. Saw on youtube. See more 05/25/2014 A minor Mizoguchi is still Asian cinema at it's most intimate, and plausible. See more 03/04/2014 Not as engaging as Mizoguchi's masterworks and certainly a step back from the cinematic Ugetsu Monogatari but a decent social critique on changing attitudes towards women in post-war Japan nonetheless with the director on relentless, scathing form. See more 07/02/2012 A mature geisha and her apprentice shockingly decide to defy traditionalism when they decide to turn down two of their clients. Perhaps one of the most universally accessible Mizoguchi films on the theme of Geishas and one which certainly has become the archetype of films that deal with such subjects. By this stage the Japanese filmmaker had become very experienced and was able to deliver a compelling feminist drama full of defiance and protest towards the stubbornness of traditionalism and the suffering and misogyny that women must sometimes endure. See more 06/02/2012 Minor Mizoguchi is still pretty involving. See more 08/29/2011 Always difficult to pin down a Mizoguchi film, what appears to be a study of the changing nature of the Geisha in post-war Japan becomes a wider study of Japanese society in a film featuring more stunning visuals (corridor motif) and great performances. See more Read all reviews

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