Movie: Ugetsu

Top 10 Billed Cast

Machiko Kyō
京マチ子

Lady Wakasa

Mitsuko Mito
Mitsuko Mito

Ohama

Kinuyo Tanaka
田中絹代

Miyagi

Masayuki Mori
森雅之

Genjurô

Eitarō Ozawa
小沢栄太郎

Tôbei

Sugisaku Aoyama
青山杉作

Old Priest

Mitsusaburō Ramon
羅門光三郎

Captain of Tamba Soldiers

Ryōsuke Kagawa
香川良介

Village Master

Kichijirō Ueda
上田吉二郎

Shop Owner

Shōzō Nanbu
南部彰三

Shintô Priest

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Ugetsu (1953) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]

Ugetsu (1953) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]

Masahiro Shinoda on the Blending of Fantasy and Reality in UGETSU

Masahiro Shinoda on the Blending of Fantasy and Reality in UGETSU

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