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The Woman in the Rumor (1954)

The Woman in the Rumor poster
Original title
噂の女
Directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman runs a geisha house in Kyoto after her husband dies. She struggles with local gossip and her daughter's disapproval of her work.

melancholicslow-burntensevisually lushemotionally restrainedsocially observantcharacter-driven

What happens

The Woman in the Rumor (Japanese: 噂の女, Hepburn: Uwasa no Onna), also titled The Crucified Woman or The Woman of the Rumor, is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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