LACMA: Film

Utamaro and His Five Women (Kenji Mizoguchi)

Friday, June 22, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.

Utamaro and his Five Women (1946/b&w/89min) Scr: Yoshikata Yoda; Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi; W/ Minosuke Bando, Kinuyo Tanaka

The most erotic and autobiographical of Kenji Mizoguchi’s films, Utamaro and His Five Women tells the tangled tale of the artist , Utamaro, and his five models.

Street of Shame (Kenji Mizoguchi)

Friday, June 22,  9:15 p.m.

Saturday, June 23, 9:15 p.m.

Street of Shame (1956/b&w/85min) Scr: Masahige Sawa; Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi; W/ Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao

Set in eponymous Street of Shame that runs through Tokyo’s red-light district, Kenji Mizoguchi’s final film powerfully depicts the oppression and hopelessness of contemporary life.