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DVD OF THE WEEK
From: The Sunday Telegraph London
Date: 20080511
Author:Alan Stanbrook
UGETSU
MONOGATARI/
OYU SAMA
Eureka 50031, PG, pounds 22.99
Eureka's library of films by Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi continues with one of his greatest works and another, lesser known picture. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) is a period ghost-story from a collection published in 1776. The script blends two short stories with others, written in the 19th century by Guy de Maupassant, to form a seamless narrative. Two brothers set off to find wealth and military renown. One is waylaid by a noble lady, with whom he shares an idyllic assignation before realising she is actually an evil spirit. In ...
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