Search results for "Kenji Mizoguchi"
A Geisha

A Geisha

A Geisha
IMDb: 7.6
85

Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain men.

Genre: Drama
Utamaro and His Five Women

Utamaro and His Five Women

Utamaro and His Five Women
IMDb: 7
94

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in…

Genre: Drama
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
IMDb: 7.8
144

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Princess Yang Kwei Fei

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

Princess Yang Kwei Fei
IMDb: 7.1
98

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate…

Street of Shame

Street of Shame

Street of Shame
IMDb: 7.8
87

The personal tales of various sex workers who occupy a Japanese brothel.

Genre: Drama
Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff
IMDb: 8.4
124

In medieval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

Genre: Drama
Ugetsu

Ugetsu

Ugetsu
IMDb: 8.2
96

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage’s warning against seeking…

Sisters of the Gion

Sisters of the Gion

Sisters of the Gion
IMDb: 7.4
69

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife….

Genre: Drama
Osaka Elegy

Osaka Elegy

Osaka Elegy
IMDb: 7.2
71

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father’s debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

Genre: Drama
The Crucified Lovers

The Crucified Lovers

The Crucified Lovers
IMDb: 8
102

In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. When Osan is falsely accused of having an affair with the best worker, Mohei, the pair flee…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu
IMDb: 8.1
136

Follows a woman’s fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of the society.

Genre: Drama
The 47 Ronin

The 47 Ronin

The 47 Ronin
IMDb: 7.2
223

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun’s palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to…

Genre: Drama, History