Portrait of Madame Yuki (雪夫人絵図, Yuki fujin ezu), also titled A Picture of Madame Yuki, is a 1950 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.[1][2][3]
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.jpg) Michiyo Kogure and Sō Yamamura | |
| Directed by | Kenji Mizoguchi |
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| Produced by | Kazuo Takimura |
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| Cinematography | Jōji Ohara |
| Edited by | Toshio Goto |
| Music by | Fumio Hayasaka |
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| Distributed by | Shintoho |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
editThe story is seen through the eyes of a star struck new maid. Yuki Shinano, a descendant of the once powerful Shinano family, is living in an unhappy marriage with her husband Naoyuki. Although he treats her disdainfully and has an open affair with his mistress Ayako, whom he even brings to Yuki's residence in Atami, she is tied to him through sexual dependency. Yuki and koto teacher Masaya have a mutual affection since childhood, but are too weak-willed to change the situation.
In an attempt to gain autonomy, Yuki opens an inn in her residence, but Naoyuki makes Ayako the head of the business, only to find out later that he himself has been bought out by Ayako and his lawyer Tateoka. Yuki, pregnant from her husband but suspected of adultery through a scheme contrived by Tateoka, drowns herself in the lake.
Cast
edit- Michiyo Kogure as Yuki Shinano
- Yoshiko Kuga as Hamako Abe
- Ken Uehara as Masaya Kikunaka
- Eijirō Yanagi as Naoyuki Shinano
- Sō Yamamura as Tateoka
- Yuriko Hamada as Ayako
- Kumeko Urabe as housekeeper
- Haruya Kato as Seitaro
References
edit- ^ a b "雪夫人絵図 (Portrait of Madame Yuki)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ a b "雪夫人絵図 (Portrait of Madame Yuki)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "雪夫人絵図 (Portrait of Madame Yuki)" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
External links
edit- Portrait of Madame Yuki at IMDb
- "界の溝口健二の名作が ものすごくムカつく理由。『雪夫人絵図』│山内マリコ「銀幕女優レトロスペクティブ」 (The reason why Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpieces in the world are so irritating. "Portrait of Madame Yuki" │ Mariko Yamauchi "Silver screen actress retrospective")" (in Japanese). Croissant-online. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- "Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)". Cinema Talk. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2021.