Like Tokyo Story director Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi snared Western admiration only as his career was burning down to the embers. Like Ozu, Mizoguchi's films milk potent emotions from unspooling celluloid. Unlike Ozu, Mr M loves a good tracking shot. Shunning close-ups and cuts, his camera slides free, pursuing its characters and stories in sinuous, captivating takes. The pay-off? Something subtle, revealing and infinitely poignant.
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