Portrait of Madame Yuki
雪夫人絵図
A Kyoto servant story meets Ibsen. A naive country girl enters a gilded household only to uncover a noblewoman’s stifled heart. The era’s moral precision floats on Mizoguchi’s long, unbroken takes.
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi · Written by Yoshikata Yoda, Kazuo Funahashi
Starring Michiyo Kogure, Ken Uehara, Eijirō Yanagi, Yoshiko Kuga, Haruya Katō, Yuriko Hamada