{"id":28520,"date":"2016-05-16T09:45:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T16:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=28520"},"modified":"2017-05-12T22:11:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T05:11:26","slug":"kenji-mizoguchi-may-16-1898-august-24-1956-his-actresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2016\/05\/16\/kenji-mizoguchi-may-16-1898-august-24-1956-his-actresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenji Mizoguchi  (May 16, 1898 \u2013 August 24, 1956) &#8211; &#038; His Actresses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><> <> <> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1akasenKM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1akasenKM.jpg\" alt=\"1akasenKM\" width=\"480\" height=\"366\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1akasenKM.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1akasenKM-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKenji Mizoguchi and actresses on the set of his film &#8220;Street of Shame (Akasen Chitai)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenji_Mizoguchi\">Kenji Mizoguchi <\/a> (\u6e9d\u53e3 \u5065\u4e8c Mizoguchi Kenji, May 16, 1898 \u2013 August 24, 1956) <\/p>\n<p>10 Essential Films<a href=\" http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/news-opinion\/news-bfi\/lists\/kenji-mizoguchi-10-essential-films\">&#8211; Kenji Mizoguchi<\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some must-see titles from the long career of one of the great masters of Japanese cinema, famed for his exquisite travelling shots and fierce critiques of his country\u2019s patriarchal inequality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<li><\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1aDayuMorigOgai-e1487347355756.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/1aDayuMorigOgai-e1487347355756.jpg\" alt=\"1aDayuMorigOgai\" width=\"600\" height=\"468\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29660\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSansho Dayu <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Based on an ancient legend, as recounted by celebrated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2012\/02\/17\/mori-ogai-3-film-adaptations\/\">author Mori \u014cgai<\/a> (in his short story of the same name, written in 1915), and adapted by Mizoguchi, Sansh\u014d Day\u016b [Sansh\u014d the Steward, aka Sansh\u014d the Bailiff] is both distinctively Japanese and as deeply affecting as a Greek tragedy. Described in its opening title as \u201cone of the oldest and most tragic in Japan\u2019s history\u201d, Mizoguchi depicts an unforgettably sad story of social injustice, family love, and personal sacrifice \u2013 all conveyed with exquisite tone and purity of emotion. <a href=\"http:\/\/eurekavideo.co.uk\/moc\/catalogue\/sansho-dayu\/\">Master of Cinema <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<li><\/li>\n<p>Oharu <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1aKOharu-e1463416744314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1aKOharu-e1463416744314.jpg\" alt=\"1aKOharu\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28540\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTanak Kinuyo as Oharu.. she was his muse. <\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<p>Ayako Wakao <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1ayakoGion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1ayakoGion.jpg\" alt=\"1ayakoGion\" width=\"500\" height=\"349\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1ayakoGion.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1ayakoGion-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwith Michio Kogure..from Sisters of Gion.<\/p>\n<p><><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Isuzuthesistersofgion_011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Isuzuthesistersofgion_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Isuzuthesistersofgion_01\" width=\"570\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Isuzuthesistersofgion_011.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Isuzuthesistersofgion_011-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYamada Isuzu in Sisters of gion, (Mizoguchi)<br \/>\nOsaka elegy, (Mizoguchi)<\/p>\n<li><\/li>\n<p>Okada as Judge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/water-magician_420.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/water-magician_420.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"water-magician_420\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16589\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nfrom Water Magician\/Taki no Shiraito&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Water magician<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Donald Richie writes that this was the first of Mizoguchi\u2019s \u201cwoman\u2019s pictures.\u201d By this, he is referring to the many movies that Mizoguchi made which featured female lead roles and heroines. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2012\/02\/17\/mori-ogai-3-film-adaptations\/ \">Mori Ogai <\/a> (previous post)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenji Mizoguchi and actresses on the set of his film &#8220;Street of Shame (Akasen Chitai) Kenji Mizoguchi (\u6e9d\u53e3 \u5065\u4e8c Mizoguchi Kenji, May 16, 1898 \u2013 August 24, 1956) 10 Essential Films&#8211; Kenji Mizoguchi Some must-see titles from the long career of one of the great masters of Japanese cinema, famed for his exquisite travelling shots &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2016\/05\/16\/kenji-mizoguchi-may-16-1898-august-24-1956-his-actresses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kenji Mizoguchi  (May 16, 1898 \u2013 August 24, 1956) &#8211; &#038; His Actresses&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cinema","category-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}