Mizoguchi's long take

[Antonio Santos]

Well, I would say that Genroku Chushingura will provide you with dozens 
of good examples, from its opening sequence.
Another wonderful film, developed along architectonic spaces, is Zangiku 
monogatari. Or Saikaku ichidai onna. You will find bright examples of the 
use of space in most of Mizoguchi?s films; but for your topic I would 
select those three.
Good luck,
Antonio Santos

On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Junko Tanaka wrote:

> Sorry for a trivial post. I'm trying to locate a Mizoguchi film with a long
> take that shows the Japanese architecture. Mizoguchi's long takes are, very
> conventionally, said to have been made possible partly due to the Japanese
> architectural style - the Japanese traditional house is an open space
> divided by shoji, enabling the characters and the camera to move freely in
> and out of the house. Could anyone provide a perfect example off hand? I
> have only 48 hours to work on this... Thanks so much.
> 
> Junko Tanaka
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