In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.

T he best special effect cinema has ever seen comes near the close of Kenji Mizoguchi’s magical 1953 ghost story Ugetsu ...

Setsuko Hara, Kinuyo Tanaka and Hideko Takamine—muses of the great directors Yasujir Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi and Mikio Naruse, respectively—are three of the greatest. But unlike Hara and Tanaka ...