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Ugetsu
Ugetsu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay by	Matsutarō Kawaguchi; Yoshikata Yoda;
Based on	Ugetsu Monogatari; by Ueda Akinari
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata
Starring	Machiko Kyō; Mitsuko Mito; Kinuyo Tanaka; Masayuki Mori; Sakae Ozawa;
Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Edited by	Mitsuzō Miyata
Music by	Fumio Hayasaka
Production; company	Daiei Film
Distributed by	Daiei Film
Release date	26 March 1953 (Japan);
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Ugetsu or Ugetsu Monogatari (雨月物語, lit. "Rain-moon tales"^[3]), translated Tales of Ugetsu, Tales of the Pale and Silvery Moon After the Rain,^[4] or Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon After the Rain,^[5] is a 1953 Japanese historical drama and fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on two stories in Ueda Akinari's 1776 book of the same name, combining elements of the jidaigeki (period drama) genre with a ghost story.

Drawing from Ueda's tales "The House in the Thicket" and "The Lust of the White Serpent", the film is set in Japan's civil war torn Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600). In a small rural community, a potter leaves his wife and young son behind to make money selling pottery and ends up being seduced by a spirit that makes him forget all about his family. A subplot, inspired by Guy de Maupassant's 1883 short story "How He Got the Legion of Honor" ("Décoré !"),^[6]^[7] involves his brother-in-law, who dreams of becoming a samurai and chases this goal at the unintended expense of his wife.

The film won the Silver Lion Award at the 1953 Venice Film Festival and other honours. Ugetsu is one of Mizoguchi's most celebrated films, regarded by critics as a masterpiece of Japanese cinema, credited with simultaneously helping to popularize Japanese cinema in the West and influencing later Japanese film.^{[citation needed]}

^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 382.
^ "雨月物語". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ Ueda, Akinari (2007). "About Tales of Moonlight and Rain". Tales of Moonlight and Rain. Translated by Chambers, Anthony H. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 13.
^
- Morris, Peter (1967). Mizoguchi Kenji. Canadian Film Institute. p. 42.
- Phillips, Alastair; Stringer, Julian (18 December 2007). Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-134-33422-3.
- Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 469. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- "Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)". BFI. Retrieved 12 February 2024. With a title sometimes flowerily translated as 'Tales of the Pale and Silvery Moon after the Rain'
^
- "In the Toils of a Ghost". The Times. No. 55345. London. 21 March 1962. p. 8. Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari, which, it appears, claims the charming alternative title "Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon after the Rain".
- Halliwell, Leslie (1978). The Filmgoer's Companion. Avon. p. 730. ISBN 978-0-380-40121-5.
- Moine, Raphaëlle (26 January 2009). Cinema Genre. John Wiley & Sons. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4443-0127-4.
- Kermode, Mark (1 September 2011). The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex. Random House. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-4090-2349-4.
^ Bock, Audie (1985). Japanese Film Directors. Tokyo: Kodansha International. p. 47. ISBN 9784770012142.
^ Andrew, Dudley; Andrew, Paul (1981). Kenji Mizoguchi: a Guide to References and Resources. Boston: G. K. Hall. p. 184. ISBN 9780816184699.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996382-1] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 382.

[kinenote-2] "雨月物語". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[3] Ueda, Akinari (2007). "About Tales of Moonlight and Rain". Tales of Moonlight and Rain. Translated by Chambers, Anthony H. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 13.

[4] 
Morris, Peter (1967). Mizoguchi Kenji. Canadian Film Institute. p. 42.
Phillips, Alastair; Stringer, Julian (18 December 2007). Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-134-33422-3.
Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 469. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
"Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)". BFI. Retrieved 12 February 2024. With a title sometimes flowerily translated as 'Tales of the Pale and Silvery Moon after the Rain'

[5] Morris, Peter (1967). Mizoguchi Kenji. Canadian Film Institute. p. 42.

[6] Phillips, Alastair; Stringer, Julian (18 December 2007). Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-134-33422-3.

[7] Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 469. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.

[8] "Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)". BFI. Retrieved 12 February 2024. With a title sometimes flowerily translated as 'Tales of the Pale and Silvery Moon after the Rain'

[5] 
"In the Toils of a Ghost". The Times. No. 55345. London. 21 March 1962. p. 8. Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari, which, it appears, claims the charming alternative title "Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon after the Rain".
Halliwell, Leslie (1978). The Filmgoer's Companion. Avon. p. 730. ISBN 978-0-380-40121-5.
Moine, Raphaëlle (26 January 2009). Cinema Genre. John Wiley & Sons. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4443-0127-4.
Kermode, Mark (1 September 2011). The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex. Random House. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-4090-2349-4.

[10] "In the Toils of a Ghost". The Times. No. 55345. London. 21 March 1962. p. 8. Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu Monogatari, which, it appears, claims the charming alternative title "Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon after the Rain".

[11] Halliwell, Leslie (1978). The Filmgoer's Companion. Avon. p. 730. ISBN 978-0-380-40121-5.

[12] Moine, Raphaëlle (26 January 2009). Cinema Genre. John Wiley & Sons. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-4443-0127-4.

[13] Kermode, Mark (1 September 2011). The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex. Random House. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-4090-2349-4.

[6] Bock, Audie (1985). Japanese Film Directors. Tokyo: Kodansha International. p. 47. ISBN 9784770012142.

[7] Andrew, Dudley; Andrew, Paul (1981). Kenji Mizoguchi: a Guide to References and Resources. Boston: G. K. Hall. p. 184. ISBN 9780816184699.

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