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Classic Film Review: An anti-war parable that became a landmark of Japanese cinema — “Ugetsu” (1953)

“The value of people and objects truly depends on their setting,” the potter Genjurô tells a noblewoman and patron at one point in the classic film “Ugetsu,” a Medieval fantasy based on the “Rain-Moon Tales” of 18th century writer Ueda … Continue reading

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