Perhaps it's wrong to let the end of a movie influence your opinion of the movie so, but the masterfully shot last five minutes of this film took it from entertaining romantic melodrama to an inspiring feminist anti-suicide-note, and an utterly unique one at that! If you enjoy films of the 1930s and have tired of the mainstream foreign fare, this may be one to try.
Shout by Jay ShuaiBlockedParent2022-11-26T05:17:55Z
Never 100% sure it Mizoguchi is a feminist is misogynist. I suspect it’s the former but would rather think of him as the latter as I don’t need my fave directors to be simpin’.
Anyway, not Mizoguchi’s best but a solid entry.
All his usual themes are present and you can see the blocking and tracking shots that he became known for developing.
Not a masterpiece but well worth 70mins of ur time.