Mizoguch -- what else survives?

[Mark R. Harris]

How did you manage to track all of these down? Did most of your viewing take
place in Japan, and were most of the films un-subtitled in English? I'm
quite impressed.

On 9/23/06, Michael E Kerpan <kerpan at attglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I've managed to see the following Mizoguchi films -- and suspect there
> aren't
> many more left to track down.
>
> Furusato no uta / The Song of Home (1925)
> Tokyo koshin-kyoku / Tokyo March (1929)
> Taki no shiraito / The Water Magician (1933)
> Orizuru Osen / The Downfall of Osen (1935)
> Maria no Oyuki / Oyuki the Virgin (1935)
> Gubijinsô / Poppies (1935)
> Naniwa erejî / Osaka Elegy (1936)
> Gion no shimai / Sisters of the Gion (1936)
> Aien kyo / The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
> Zangiku monogatari / The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (1939)
> Genroku chushingura / The 47 Ronin (1941)
> Miyamoto Musashi / Musashi Miyamoto (1944)
> Meito bijomaru / The Famous Sword Bijomaru (1945)
> Josei no shôri / The Victory of Women (1946)
> Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna / Five Women Around Utamaro (1946)
> Joyű Sumako no koi / The Love of Sumako the Actress (1947)
> Yoru no onnatachi / Women of the Night (1948)
> Waga koi wa moenu / My Love Has Been Burning (1949)
> Yuki fujin ezu / Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
> Oyű-sama / Miss Oyu (1951)
> Musashino fujin / The Lady from Musashino (1951)
> Saikaku ichidai onna / The Life of Oharu (1952)
> Ugetsu monogatari / Ugetsu (1953)
> Gion bayashi / Gion Festival Music / A Geisha (1953)
> Sanshô dayű / Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
> Uwasa no onna / The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
> Chikamatsu monogatari / The Crucified Lovers (1954)
> Yôkihi / Empress Yang Kwei Fei (1955)
> Shin heike monogatari / Legend of the Taira Clan (1955)
> Akasen chitai / Street of Shame (1956) A
>
> I seem to recall that at least part of Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato (1930)
> survives.  -- and also  some of the non-Mizoguchi portions of the 1929
> "Asahi
> no kagayaku"  still exist and were included on the recent Japanese DVD of
> "Yuki" (is anything left of Mizoguchi's work on this).
>
> Is there anything else out there anyone knows about?  And does anyone have
> any
> idea on how to track down a copy of Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato  (assuming
> it
> does, in fact, exist).
>
> Oh -- and I wonder why Shochiku is releasing a DVD of "Bijomaru" and not
> the
> (IMHO) better Miyamoto Musashi?
>
> (Also still trying to track down more Naruse).  ;~}
>
> MEK
>



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