Mizoguchi uses this period piece, perhaps his most autobiographical work, to tell a tale of artistic confinement that reflected the tensions of the time, working under the constant threat of censorship during post-war Japan.
This review of Utamaro and His Five Women (1946) was written by Andy P on 04 Jan 2014.
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