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My Love Has Been Burning (1949)

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

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From Time Out Film Guide

A film that deserves the same kind of praise as Ugetsu Monogatari and Sansho Dayu. Drawn from the autobiography of a late 19th century pioneer for women's rights in Japan, the film is one woman's journey through an extremely complex, contradiction-laden phase of modern Japanese history: when notions of democratic party politics were cohering, for instance, although - as is devastatingly demonstrated - not even the most liberal-thinking male politician thought to extend the freedoms for which he was fighting to his own wife. Undoubtedly one of Mizoguchi's most violent films - the scenes in the silk mill and prison show some horrific brutalities - it's also notable for a wonderful performance from Mizoguchi's favourite actress, Kinuyo Tanaka.

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Cast & crew

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Producer: Hisao Itoya, Kiyoshi Shimazu

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyabe, Eitaro Ozawa, Ichiro Sugai, Sadako Sawamura, Kuniko Miyake, Koreya Senda full cast

Duration: 84 mins


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