Yuki fujin ezu (1950)

Young servant girl Hamako has just started working for her personal heroine, Madame Yuki. Her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately, as she is introduced with a list of the Madame's personal problems.

Director:

Kenji Mizoguchi

Writers:

Seiichi Funabashi (novel), Kazuo Funahashi

Stars:

Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiko Kuga, Ken Uehara

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Michiyo Kogure	...	Yuki Shinano
Yoshiko Kuga	...	Hamako Abe
Ken Uehara	...	Masaya Kikunaka
Eijirô Yanagi	...	Naoyuki Shinano
Haruya Katô	...	Seitaro
Yuriko Hamada	...	Ayako
Kumeko Urabe	...	San
Shizue Natsukawa	...	Osumi
Sô Yamamura	...	Tateoka
Bin Komori	...	Sushi bartender
Rei Ishikawa	...	Sushi bartender
Ichirô Sawai	...	Bellboy
Shirô Mizuki	...	Driver
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Satoshi Komori
Haruo Tanaka

Storyline

Young servant girl Hamako has just started working for her personal heroine, Madame Yuki. Her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately, as she is introduced with a list of the Madame's personal problems.

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Plot Keywords:

marriage problems | dysfunctional marriage | marriage | inn | love hate relationship | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)

User Reviews

Interesting Mizoguchi's Film

Yuki, the main character in this film, is married to Naoyuki Shinano, who often mistreats her and humiliates her. She doesn't love him though, she secretly loves Koto, a friend who recommends her to abandon her husband. But she can't abandon him because in her inner self, she enjoys being with him, and finds really difficult to think of leaving him.

Here you'll find every usual aspect from a Mizoguchi film, although compared to his other films, this one would fit in his minor efforts.

The amazing camera shots are worth watching here. If by any chance you find this film boring, you should at least watch the final scene, there are some really good scenarios over there that are amazingly shot.

From the acting you cant't expect less, it is usually good in this kind of Japanese films.

So, if you are a Mizoguchi fan, you'll like this movie, or at least you'll find it interesting, just as I did.

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

Yuki fujin ezu

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gosh Film Entertainment, Planet Film Productions, Producción Nacional de Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1