"Word is you murdered your husband in cold blood. What do you have to say?"
Tag - Kenji Mizoguchi
A colorful melodrama with thoughtful social commentary on a would-be independent woman and Westernization in post-war Japan.
"A husband having an affair is worse than gambling"
"How high can a man rise without big dreams? Ambition must be boundless as the ocean."
Grief and desire for vengeance overwhelm the hearts of masterless samurai.
"Your art is your very life"
A woman's struggle for survival in a cruel society.
"Without mercy, man is like a beast."
