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Ugetsu
is a 1953
black-and-white
Japanese film directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
and based on stories in
Ueda Akinari
's
book of the same name
. It is a
ghost story
and an example of the
jidaigeki
(period drama) genre. Set in
Azuchi–Momoyama period
Japan
, it stars
Masayuki Mori
and
Machiko Kyo
. It is one of Mizoguchi's most celebrated films, regarded by critics as a masterwork of
Japanese cinema
and a definitive piece during Japan's Golden Age of Film. Along with
Akira Kurosawa
's 1950 film
Rashomon
,
Ugetsu
is credited with having popularized Japanese cinema in the West.
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