UGETSU 4K Review: Kenji Mizoguchi's Masterpiece

Our friends at the Criterion Collection continue to be champions of world cinema and film preservation. They recently released the new 4K/Blu-ray combo pack for Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1953 masterpiece, Ugetsu. I reviewed Ugetsu the last time around in 2017, back when Criterion and every other company in the business were putting out Blu-rays. You can read the full review and watch an atmospheric clip from the film here. In a nutshell, Ugetsu is a be-careful-what-you-wish-for film during a chaotic war in Japan, with villagers fending for themselves during an invasion. It takes place in the 1500s, if I recall correctly. Previously, I called it a morality play, and it is. (My last review goes much further on plot details.) The story focuses on two men and...

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