Utamaro and His Five Women

★★★★★

Original title: Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna

1946 · 1 h 46 min

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Drama

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Cast

Minosuke Bando Kinuyo Tanaka

Credits

Written by: Kanji Kunieda

Plot

The life of the woodblock print artist Utamaro.

Sinekatalog’s take

Kenji Mizoguchi's period drama follows the great woodblock artist Utamaro and the women who inspire and suffer around him. Kinuyo Tanaka and Minosuke Bando star in a graceful, thoughtful portrait of art and freedom under the shogunate.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,568 votes)
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