The Woman in the Rumor

Mild SPOILERS if the viewer doesn't know Mizoguchi's career arc: _Brief Encounter_ without trains. A woman returns to her mother's geisha house in Kyoto after a scandal in Tokyo. Kinuyo Tanaka quietly dominates, embodying the director's recurring themes.

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Kenji Mizoguchi directed The Woman in the Rumor in 1954. See Kenji Mizoguchi's full filmography, where to start with Kenji Mizoguchi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kenji Mizoguchi.

The Woman in the Rumor was released in 1954 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 84 minutes.