UTAMARO AND HIS FIVE WOMEN (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna) (1946) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Kenji Mizoguchi
 
Written by - Yoshikata Yoda (based on a novel by Kanji Kunieda)
 
Starring - Minosuke Bando, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kotaro Bando
 
 
 
"A famed 18th century Edo artist expresses his love for women through his painting. Mizoguchi once again returns to deal with his plea for equity of treatment for women whose feelings in this film are toyed with. However, the contrivance of the plot is sometimes uneasy to stand."
 
 
Drama, Japan