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Bookmark this pageMy 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.Author: RM
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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