Waga koi wa moenu
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Waga koi wa moenu is a 1949
Japanese
romance drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
. The story revolves around one woman's fight for women's rights in 1880s Japan. The woman and her lover are falsely imprisoned for arson but eventually pardoned and together they again take up the cause.
1949 in film
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...
Japanese
Japanese films of the 1940s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1940s. For an A-Z of films see :Category:Japanese films. Also see cinema of Japan.-1940s:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
romance drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène...
. The story revolves around one woman's fight for women's rights in 1880s Japan. The woman and her lover are falsely imprisoned for arson but eventually pardoned and together they again take up the cause.
Cast
- Kinuyo TanakaKinuyo Tanakawas a Japanese actress and director.Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Yasujirō Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929...
- Mitsuko Mito
- Kuniko Miyake
- Ichirô Sugai
- Shinobu Araki