#mitsuko ozawa

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Guilty of Romance (2011) dir. Sion Sono

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Mitsuko Mito and Eitaro Ozawa in Woman (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1948) Cast: Mitsuko Mito, Eitaro Ozawa. Screenplay: Keisuke Kinoshita. Cinematography: Hiroshi Kusuda. Art direction: Kazue Hirataka. Film editing: Yoshi Sugihara. Music: Chuji Kinoshita. Keisuke Kinoshita can often be accused of either trying too much or not trying enough. Both faults are on display in his Woman, a noirish story of a thief and his mistress. Kinoshita's love for trying out effects that don't quite work is on display in the artily tilted camerawork that adds an expressionist note to scenes that don't really demand it. It's the sort of thing that a film student might attempt for a class, not something you expect from a director who had been working for five years and already had eight features to his credit, including the well-received Morning for the Osone Family (1946). Still, the scenes are shot well by Kinoshita's regular cinematographer, Hiroshi Kusuda. Where Kinoshita gets sloppy is more troubling: The dialogue is badly post-synched, especially noticeable in the extreme closeups that dominate the film toward the end. And once again, Kinoshita lets his brother Chuji's score meander around behind scenes where it feels awkwardly matched to the mood. But Woman is also one of Kinoshita's better films, overcoming its weaknesses with a fine economy of story. It's only a little over an hour long, but it packs a lot of intensity of feeling into that run time. Eitaro Ozawa plays Tadashi, a crook who has just made a big score with a home invasion and persuades his mistress, Toshiko, played by Mitsuko Mito, to go on the run with him to a seaside resort where he will meet up with his accomplices and settle up the proceeds of the theft. She has a steady gig as a dancer in the chorus of a musical revue that she's reluctant to ditch, but he's persuasive in his own brutally infatuated way. The bulk of the film deals with their on-again, off-again relationship: Will she stay or will she go? Ozawa is the more expressive of the two actors, which is fine because he has the more volatile role, switching in an instant from anger at her reluctance to pleading for her submission to menacing her with a knife. Mito's face can be inexpressive at key moments, making Toshiko a rather enigmatic character, but she manages to suggest the deep conflict at work within: Having risen from bar hostess (a step up from prostitution) to chorus girl, she seems to think her life has taken an upward turn that staying with Tadashi might reverse, even though he promises her a life of riches. The denouement comes when Tadashi asks her to sell a piece of the stolen goods for him. She refuses, but just at that moment there's a shout of "Fire!" and people start running to see the burning building. The keeper of the shop where Tadashi plans to sell the loot steps out to join the rubberneckers, pulling the door shut behind him but not locking it, and to Toshiko's horror, Tadashi takes the opportunity to slip into the store and filch some more goodies. She decides enough is enough and tries to run away, with Tadashi in pursuit through a gathering crowd. Kinoshita stages the fire and the melee around it very well, giving some needed action to what has been a rather talky film. In the end, Tadashi is caught and Toshiko returns to the chorus line, a somewhat flat and anticlimactic ending to a film that has generated some real tension.

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Inazuma (Mikio Naruse, 1952)

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Mitsuko Uchida and Kurt Sanderling, Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 3 in C Minor

MURAKAMI: Now, finally, let’s listen to Mitsuko Uchida’s performance. I love the way she plays the second movement, and we’re running out of time, so let’s take a different approach and start with that.

The movement begins with a soft, tranquil solo.

OZAWA [as soon as the music begins]: Her sound is truly beautiful. She has such a great ear.

Soon the orchestra steals in (1:19).

MURAKAMI: This is the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

OZAWA: That’s a fine hall, too.

The piano and orchestra intertwine (2:32).

OZAWA [deeply moved]: It’s wonderful to think that Japan has produced such a marvelous pianist.

MURAKAMI: Her touch is so clear. You can hear everything so clearly—every strong note, every quiet note. She plays with total mastery: there is nothing vague in her performance.

OZAWA: She’s utterly confident.

The solo piano continues with long, evocative pauses [ma] (5:11).

OZAWA: Listen to that, those perfect moments of silence. This is exactly the passage where we heard Gould using those tiny silences.

MURAKAMI: That’s true, now that you mention it. The way she puts in those silent intervals, is it? Her free spacing of the notes is somehow reminiscent of Gould.

OZAWA: Yes, very similar.

The piano’s incredibly subtle solo ends, and the orchestra glides in again. This is truly miraculous music making. The two listeners groan simultaneously (5:42).

OZAWA: What an ear she has for music!

——from Haruki Murakami’s Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa (Shinchōsha 2011, English translation by Jay Rubin for Knopf 2016)

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Ugetsu Monogatari | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1953

Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa, Masayuki Mori

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favorite persona arcana list edit challenge

this was just a thing i wanted to do for myself and thought maybe other people would want to do it. the main goal of the challenge is to pick 1 character for each arcana listing that is your favorite and make an edit for them (or you could do a drawing or writing if you wanted, this is pretty loose).

the characters are from p1-p5 that have canon assigned arcanas, and for the cases in p3(p) where the slink does not match the arcana, the persona will be used for the main arcana, along with a few other minor changes to make the list more coherent.

under a read more since it’s a lengthy list! have fun y’all.

0. FOOL — - P3MC - P3FeMc - P4MC - Joker - Igor

I. MAGICIAN — - Yuka Ayase - Kenji Tomochika - Junpei Iori - Yosuke Hanamura - Morgana

II. PRIESTESS — - Maki Sonomura - Fuuka Yamagishi - Yukiko Amagi - Makoto Niijima

III. EMPRESS — - Yukino Mayuzumi - Mitsuru Kirijo - Margaret - Haru Okumura

IV. EMPEROR — - Boy with Earring/Naoya Toudou - Hidetoshi Odagiri - Akihiko Sanada - Kanji Tatsumi - Yusuke KItagawa

V. HIEROPHANT — - Kei Nanjo - Bunkichi and Mitsuko - Shinjiro Aragaki - Ryotaro Dojima - Sojiro Sakura

VI. LOVERS — - Lisa Silverman - Yukari Takeba - Rise Kujikawa - Ann Takamaki

VII. CHARIOT — - Masao Inaba - Aegis - Kasushi Miyamoto - Rio Iwasaki - Chie Satonaka - Ryuji Sakamoto

VIII. JUSTICE — - Hidehiko Uesugi - Katsuya Suou - Chihiro Fushimi - Ken Amada - Nanako Dojima - Goro Akechi

IX. HERMIT —  - “Maya”/Isako Toriumi - Saori Hasegawa - Shrine Fox - Futaba Sakura

X. FORTUNE — - Jun Kurosu - Keisuke Hiraga - Ryoji Mochizuki - Naoto Shirogane - Chihaya Mifune - Labrys

XI. STRENGTH — - Yuko Nishiwaki - Koromaru - Kou Ichijo and Daisuke Nagase - Caroline and Justine

XII. HANGED MAN — - Baofu/Kaoru Saga - Maiko Oohashi - Naoki Konishi - Munehisa Iwai

XIII. DEATH — - Eikichi Mishina - Pharos - Hisano Kuroda - Tae Takemi

XIV. TEMPERANCE — - Bebe - Eri Minami - Sadayo Kawakami

XV. DEVIL — - Reiji Kido - Tanaka - Sayoko Uehara - Ichiko Ohya

XVI. TOWER — - Mutatsu - Shu Nakajima - Shinya Oda

XVII. STAR — - Ulala Serizawa - Mamoru Hayase - Teddie - Hifumi Togo

XVIII. MOON — - Maya Amano - Nozomi Suemitsu - Ai Ebihara - Yuuki Mishima

XIX. SUN — - Tatsuya Suou - Akinari Kamiki - Yumi Ozawa and Ayane Matsunaga - Toranosuke Yoshida - Sho Minazuki

XX. JUDGEMENT — - Marie - Sae Niijima

XXI. WORLD — - S.E.E.S/Nyx Annihilation Team - Investigation Team/Seekers of Truth - Phantom Thieves of Heart

??. BONUS — - Takuto Maruki (Councillor) - Tohru Adachi (Jester/Hunger) - Sumi Yoshizawa (Faith) - Sophia (Hope)

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Finally updated my playables and arcana!

All relevant info under the cut! (There be spoilers)

UPDATED ARCANA

All confidants/social links from P3, P4, and P5. Also included the arcana for P1 and the P2 duology because I can never remember who’s what. Arcana did not exist in this framework for Shin Megami Tensei If...

FOOL

P3: - (technically this is SEES, but I did not include groups) (also the protagonists for P3-5, Elizabeth, and Aigis)

P4: Tohru Adachi. (Adachi technically holds two arcana, though he starts as one and becomes the other: the Hunger Arcana, which does not exist in a standard tarot deck, but comes from the Thoth deck. I did not include it because he switches from one arcana to the other)

P5: Igor

MAGICIAN

P1: Yuka Ayase

P3: Kenji Tomochika (male protagonist)/Junpei Iori (female protagonist)

P4: Yosuke Hanamura

P5: Morgana

COUNCILLOR

P5: Takuto Maruki (does not exist in standard tarot, from El Gran Tarot Esoterico) (Royal only)

HIGH PRIESTESS

P1: Maki Sonomura

P2: Maki Sonomura

P3: Fuuka Yamagishi

P4: Yukiko Amagi

P5: Makoto Niijima

EMPRESS

P1: Yukino Mayuzumi

P2: Yukino Mayuzumi

P3: Mitsuru Kirijo

P4: Margaret

P5: Haru Okumura

EMPEROR

P1: Naoya Toudou (P1 protagonist)

P3: Hidetoshi Odagiri

P4: Kanji Tatsumi

P5: Yusuke Kitagawa

PRIEST

P5: Zenkichi Hasegawa (does not exist in standard tarot deck, from Thoth deck) (Scramble only, no art available for card at time of posting)

HIEROPHANT

P1: Kei Nanjo

P2: Kei Nanjo

P3: Bunkichi and Mitsuko

P4: Ryotaro Dojima

P5: Sojiro Sakura

LOVERS

P2: Lisa Silverman/Ginji Sasaki

P3: Yukari Takeba

P4: Rise Kujikawa

P5: Ann Takamaki

CHARIOT

P1: Masao Inaba

P3: Kazushi Miyamoto (male protag)/Rio Iwasaki (female protag)

P4: Chie Satonaka

P5: Ryuji Sakamoto

JUSTICE

P1: Hidehiko Uesugi

P2: Katsuya Suou/Hidehiko Uesugi

P3: Chihiro Fushimi (male protag)/Ken Amada (female protag)

P4: Nanako Dojima

P5: Goro Akechi

HERMIT

P3: Isako Toriumi (male protag)/Saori Hasegawa (female protag)

P4: Fox

P5: Futaba Sakura

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

P2: Jun Kurosu

P3: Keisuke Hiraga (male protag)/Ryoji Mochizuki (female protag)

P4: Naoto Shirogane

P5: Chihaya Mifune

STRENGTH

P3: Yuko Nishiwaki (male protag)/Koromaru (female protag)

P4: Kou Ichijo (protag joins basketball)/Daisuke Nagase (protag joins soccer)

P5: Caroline and Justine

HANGED MAN

P2: Baofu/Yasuo Inoe

P3: Maiko Oohashi

P4: Naoki Konishi

P5: Munehisa Iwai

DEATH

P1: Reiji Kido*

P2: Eikichi Mishina/Hiroki Sugimoto

P3: Pharos

P4: Hisano Kuroda

P5: Tae Takemi

TEMPERANCE

P3: Andre Laurent Jean Gerraux

P4: Eri Minami

P5: Sadayo Kawakami

DEVIL

P1: Reiji Kido* (Reiji is the only canonical non-protagonist to hold more than one arcana at the same time. He is both Death and the Devil in P1, and makes a minor appearance in P2, where he is still Death and the Devil. However I didn’t have enough space to squish him into the Death slot for P2)

P3: President Tanaka

P4: Sayako Uehara

P5: Ichiko Ohya

TOWER

P1: Takahisa Kandori

P2: Anna Yoshizaka

P3: Mutatsu

P4: Shu Nakajima

P5: Shinya Oda

STAR

P2: Ulala Serizawa

P3: Mamoru Hayase (male protag)/Akihiko Sanada (female protag)

P4: Teddie

P5: Hifumi Togo

MOON

P2: Maya Amano

P3: Nozomi Suemitsu (male protag)/Shijiro Aragaki (female protag)

P4: Ai Ebihara

P5: Yuuki Mishima

SUN

P2: Tatsuya Suou/Tatsuya Sudou

P3: Akinari Kamiki

P4: Yumi Ozawa (protag joins drama)/Ayane Matsunaga (protag joins band)

P5: Toranosuke Yoshida

JUDGEMENT

P1: Eriko Kirishima

P2: Eriko Kirishima

P5: Sae Niijima 

AEON

P3: Aigis (does not exist in standard tarot, from Thoth deck)

P4: Marie (does not exist in standard tarot, from Thoth deck) (Golden only)

FAITH

P5: Kasumi/Sumire Yoshizawa (does not exist in standard tarot, from Visconti-Sforza deck) (Royal only)

HOPE

P5: Sophia (does not exist in standard tarot, from Visconti-Sforza deck) (Scramble only, no art available at time of posting)

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ALL PLAYABLE AND IMPORTANT CHARACTERS

PERSONA 5 SCRAMBLE: THE PHANTOM STRIKERS

Sophia, Zenkichi Hasegawa

NOTE: P5S was released in Japan in February 2020.

PERSONA 5 THE ROYAL

Kasumi Yoshizawa 

TRIVIA: Kasumi’s real name is Sumire. She assumed the identity of her twin sister Kasumi after Kasumi’s tragic death.

PERSONA Q2

Hikari

PERSONA 5

Ren Amamiya / Akira Kurusu, Ryuji Sakamoto, Ann Takamaki, Morgana, Yusuke Kitagwa, Makoto Niijima, Futaba Sakura, Haru Okumura, Goro Akechi

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Ren Amamiya in the anime and Akira Kurusu in the manga. Futaba’s codename is Navi in Japanese and Oracle in English.

PERSONA 4 ARENA ULTIMAX

Labrys, Sho Minazuki

PERSONA 4 / PERSONA 4 THE GOLDEN

Yu Narukami / Souji Seta, Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka, Yukiko Amagi, Kanji Tatsumi, Rise Kujikawa, Teddie, Naoto Shirogane

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Yu Narukami in the anime and Souji Seta in the manga. Teddie is named Kuma in Japan.

PERSONA Q

Zen, Rei

PERSONA 3 FES

Metis

PERSONA 3 PORTABLE

Minako Arisato / Hamuko Yuki / Kotone Shiomi

TRIVIA: The female protagonist has no canon name, but has been called Minako Arisato and Hamuko Yuki by fans, and Kotone Shiomi in the stage play.

PERSONA 3 

Minato Arisato / Makoto Yuki / Sakuya Shiomi, Yukari Takeba, Junpei Iori, Mitsuru Kirijo, Akihiko Sanada, Fuuka Yamagishi, Aigis / Aegis, Koromaru, Ken Amada, Shinjiro Aragaki

TRIVIA: The protagonist is named Minato Arisato in the manga, Makoto Yuki in the anime, and Sakuya Shiomi in the stage play. Aigis’s name is spelled Aegis in Japan.

PERSONA 2 ETERNAL PUNISHMENT

Maya Amano, Ulala Serizawa, Katsuya Suou, Baofu, Tatsuya Suou, Eriko Kirishima, Kei Nanjo

TRIVIA: Maya was a playable character in the first Persona 2 installment, as was Tatsuya. Eriko Kirishima and Kei Nanjo return from Persona 1.

PERSONA 2 INNOCENT SIN

Tatsuya Suou, Maya Amano, Lisa Silverman, Eikichi Mishina, Yukino Mayuzumi, Jun Kurosu

TRIVIA: Yukino Mayuzumi returns from Persona 1.

MEGUMI IBUNROKU PERSONA

Naoya Todo / Yuya Narumi / Jihei Suzakurin, Maki Sonomura, Masao Inaba, Kei Nanjo, Hidehiko Uesugi, Eriko Kirishima, Yuka Ayase, Reiji Kido, Yukino Mayuzumi

TRIVIA: The protagonist is only referred to as “the pierced boy” (Japanese)/”boy with earring” (English) within the games themselves; in the manga he is Naoya Todo, in the drama CD he is Yuya Narumi, and in the novel he is Jihei Suzakurin. Along with Maki, the protagonist makes a minor appearance in Persona 2, while Eriko, Kei, and Yukino return in P2 as playable characters once again.

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI IF…

Tamaki Uchida, Nobu Akiyama / Jin Aoki, Reiko Akanezawa, Yumi Shirakawa, Shinji Kuroi, Ideo Hazama, Akira Miyamoto

TRIVIA: SMT If… was released only in Japan and is considered the originator of the Persona series. The series features a protagonist whose gender is decided by the player, something not seen again until P3P, though the female protagonist is canon in the games and the male protagonist is canon in the manga. Tamaki makes a cameo appearance in P1 and P2. The male protagonist is called Nobu Akiyama in both the manga and its sequel and Jin Aoki in the novel.

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Persona IDEA

I love making AU where me and my friends are the characters. But sadly... my friends don’t know what persona is. so...

I was wondering if anyone (ANYONE) would like to do one?

there will be a Persona 3, 4 and 5! You can pick one character from each!

Under the cut are the characters (major and minor)

This will be updated frequently.

And please, don’t just pick a character you like. Pick one who’s personality fits yours! (I've already picked who I’ll be out by using this rule.)

When you get a character, it would be helpful to draw a reference when ever you can. You don’t have to be a good artist, but it’s just helpful incase someone (me-) wants to draw something! (please, if you draw traditionally, create a colour pallet on paint or something. I hate having to guess what shade of blue you mean by “the hair is blue”)

Edit: forgot to say how to ask to be a character. Just comment, reblog or message me along with a tiny explanation what you fit that character.

“normal” means not taken

“bold/italic”  means taken

Yes, I know I didn’t name any villains (about from Akechi and Adachi) If you want to be one of them message me. I personally don’t think many people want to be most the bad guys.

Persona 3

SEES-

Minato Arisato (Phy/myself) (out of all the characters of P3, I fit him the best.)

Hamuko Arisato

Yukari Takeba

Junpei Iori

Akihiko Sanada

Mitsuru Kirijo

Fuuka Yamagishi

Ken Amada

Shinjiro Aragaki

Koromaru (maybe if the person who picks Ken has a pet it can be Koromaru?)

Aigis

Other

Elizabeth

Theodore

Pharos/Ryoji Mochizuki

Natsuki Moriyama

Kurosawa

Takeharu Kirijo

Eiichiro Takeba

Kenji Tomochika

Kazushi Miyamoto

Keisuke Hiraga

Hidetoshi Odagiri

Yuko Nishiwaki

Chihiro Fushimi

Andre "Bebe" Laurent Jean Geraux

Nozomi Suemitsu

Mitsuko

Bunkichi

Maya/Isako Toriumi

Maiko Oohashi

Tanaka

Mutatsu

Mamoru Hayase

Akinari Kamiki

Rio Iwasaki

Saori Hasegawa

Bad guys people might want to be

Shuji Ikutsuki

Takaya Sakaki

Jin Shirato

Chidori Yoshino

Persona 4

Investigation team

Yu Narukami

Yosuke Hanamura

Chie Satonaka

Yukiko Amagi

Kanji Tatsumi

Rise Kujikawa

Naoto Shirogane

Teddie

Other

Margret

Marie (Phy/myself)

Naniko Dojima

Ryotaro Dojima

Taro Namatame

Tohru Adachi

Mayumi Yamano

Saki Konishi

Daisuke Nagase

Kou Ichijo

Ai Ebihara

Naoki Konishi

Yumi Ozawa

Ayane Matsunaga

Hisano Kuroda

Shu Nakajima

Eri Minami

Yuuta Minami

Sayoko Uehara

I don't think anyone wants to be these characters, but just in case

Morooka

Noriko Kashiwagi

Hanako Ohtani

Persona 5

Phantom Thieves

Ren Amamiya/Akira 

Ruyji Sakamoto

Ann Takemaki

Yusuke Kitagawa

Makoto Niijima

Futaba Sakura

Haru Okumaru

Goro Akechi (I’m putting him here) (Phy/myself)

Morgana (anyone wanna be a cat)

Other

Caroline

Justine

Lavenza

Sae Niijima

Wakaba Isshiki

Sojiro Sakura

Yuuki Mishima

Shiho Suzui

Munehisa Iawi

Tae Takemi

Sadayo Kawakami

Toranosuke Yoshida

Ichiko Ohya

Chihaya Mifune

Hifumi Togo

Shinya Oda

Spin Off’s

(I am not doing Persona Q and Arena/Arena Ultimax, only because it has characters from different games together)

Dancing All Night

Kanami Mashita

Kyoka Ochimizu

Tomoe

Tamami

Sumomo

Nozomi

The Answer

Metis

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Guilty of Romance (2011) dir. Sion Sono

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Haruko Sugimura, Mitsuko Miura, and Eitaro Ozawa in Morning for the Osone Family (Keisuke Kinoshita, 1946)

Cast: Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji, Mitsuko Miura, Shiro Osaka, Eitaro Ozawa, Natsuko Kahara, Junji Masuda, Kinji Fujiwa, Eijiro Tono. Screenplay: Eijiro Hisaita. Cinematography: Hiroshi Kusuda. Art direction: Mikio Mori. Film editing: Yoshi Sugihara. Music: Takaaki Asai.

One of the myths of war is that the enemy moves in lockstep, from the commander-in-chief down to the lowliest citizen. So the image of World War II Japan as a monolithic force lingers, even though years of peace with the Japanese and a wholesale assimilation by the West of their culture, from sushi to anime, have effaced old hostilities. Keisuke Kinoshita's first postwar film, Morning for the Osone Family, gives us a valuable sense of the way things were -- or at least may have been -- for a Japanese family during wartime. Working in the year after the surrender of Japan, after ideological censorship had ceased (though the American occupation imposed its own censorship, which is why you'll find no mention of the atomic bomb in Japanese movies made just after the war), Kinoshita and screenwriter Eijiro Hisaita tell the story of a widow, Fusako (Haruko Sugimura), and her three sons, her daughter, and her brother-in-law in the waning years of the war. One son is imprisoned for writing against the war; the daughter is forced to break off her engagement to a young man because of the political implications of what her brother did; another son, a pacifist who wants to be an artist, is drafted and dies of pneumonia in a hospital; the youngest son, embracing the militarist propaganda, enlists and is killed. And then there is the domineering presence of the brother-in-law (Eitaro Ozawa), a colonel who despises the way Fusako has raised her children to doubt the glory of the Japanese military. When his house is destroyed by bombing, he moves in with the Osone family and takes over the household. Devastated by the surrender, he begins to stockpile food in their house, even as starvation spreads across the land. The film takes place on a single set, which only emphasizes the sense of a world closing in on the family. We might question how representative the Osone family is of the Japanese citizenry, but we could also question the accuracy of the "home front" movies made in the United States during and after the war.

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Grey – White Hype – Ugetsu Monogatari

Grey – White Hype – Ugetsu Monogatari

This revered favourite of numerous filmmaking masters – Scorsese, Tarkovsky, etc. – has left me cold. It is an admirable feat of visual and narrative storytelling that in the end gave me much to ponder but little to cherish. Set in 16th century civil war Japan, Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) tells the story of two couples – Genjuro (Masayuki Mori), Miyagi (Kinuyo Tanaka), Tobei (Eitarô Ozawa) and…

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Record of a Tenement Gentleman (Yasujirō Ozu, 1947)

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Ugetsu: "Mizoguchi, Japan's most elusive master director"

Ugetsu is one of Japanese cinema's finest achievements. Head over to the site where George has equally extravagant praise to heap upon one of Mizoguchi's finest works.

For all that Kenji Mizoguchi tends to be introduced as one of Japan’s post-war triumvirate of great filmmakers, along with his younger contemporaries Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa, the evidence for such claims has been poorly distributed. This is partly due to the majority of the prolific director’s films being lost forever, so we’ll never know how true his own claim— that they were hastily…

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Ugetsu Monogatari | Kenji Mizoguchi | 1953

Mitsuko Mito, Eitarô Ozawa

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All confidants from P3, P4, and P5. Info under the cut, MILD SPOILERS.

FOOL

P3: -

P4: Tohru Adachi. (Adachi technically holds two arcana, though he starts as one and becomes the other: the Hunger Arcana, which does not exist in a real tarot deck.)

P5: Igor

MAGICIAN

P3: Kenji Tomochika (male protagonist)/Junpei Iori (female protagonist)

P4: Yosuke Hanamura

P5: Morgana

HIGH PRIESTESS

P3: Fuuka Yamagishi

P4: Yukiko Amagi

P5: Makoto Niijima

EMPRESS

P3: Mitsuru Kirijo

P4: Margaret

P5: Haru Okumura

EMPEROR

P3: Hidetoshi Odagiri

P4: Kanji Tatsumi

P5: Yusuke Kitagawa

HIEROPHANT

P3: Bunkichi and Mitsuko

P4: Ryotaro Dojima

P5: Sojiro Sakura

LOVERS

P3: Yukari Takeba

P4: Rise Kujikawa

P5: Ann Takamaki

CHARIOT

P3: Kazushi Miyamoto (male protag)/Rio Iwasaki (female protag)

P4: Chie Satonaka

P5: Ryuji Sakamoto

JUSTICE

P3: Chihiro Fushimi (male protag)/Ken Amada (female protag)

P4: Nanako Dojima

P5: Goro Akechi

HERMIT

P3: Isako Toriumi (male protag)/Saori Hasegawa (female protag)

P4: Fox

P5: Futaba Sakura

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

P3: Keisuke Hiraga (male protag)/Ryoji Mochizuki (female protag)

P4: Naoto Shirogane

P5: Chihaya Mifune

STRENGTH

P3: Yuko Nishiwaki (male protag)/Koromaru (female protag)

P4: Kou Ichijo (protag joins basketball)/Daisuke Nagase (protag joins soccer)

P5: Caroline and Justine

HANGED MAN

P3: Maiko Oohashi

P4: Naoki Konishi

P5: Munehisa Iwai

DEATH

P3: Pharos

P4: Hisano Kuroda

P5: Tae Takemi

TEMPERANCE

P3: Andre Laurent Jean Gerraux

P4: Eri Minami

P5: Sadayo Kawakami

DEVIL

P3: President Tanaka

P4: Sayako Uehara

P5: Ichiko Ohya

TOWER

P3: Mutatsu

P4: Shu Nakajima

P5: Shinya Oda

STAR

P3: Mamoru Hayase (male protag)/Akihiko Sanada (female protag)

P4: Teddie

P5: Hifumi Togo

MOON

P3: Nozomi Suemitsu (male protag)/Shijiro Aragaki (female protag)

P4: Ai Ebihara

P5: Yuuki Mishima

SUN

P3: Akinari Kamiki

P4: Yumi Ozawa (protag joins drama)/Ayane Matsunaga (protag joins band)

P5: Toranosuke Yoshida

AEON/JUDGEMENT

P3: Aigis (Aeon, does not exist in standard tarot)

P4: Marie (Aeon, does not exist in standard tarot) (Golden only)

P5: Sae Niijima (Judgement)