The Crucified Lovers
Kenji Mizoguchi / JP, 1954 / 102 min.
The wife of an artisan is accused of having committed adultery with her husband’s apprentice. When the two are sentenced to death, they realise how strong their love is. Akira Kurosawa regarded the poignant film as a ‘great masterpiece that could only have been made by Mizoguchi’.
The 4K restoration of The Crucified Lovers was done by Kadokawa Corporation and The Film Foundation in association with The Japan Foundation
introduction
The screening on 6 December will be introduced by Dick Stegewerns, associate professor Japan Studies at the University of Oslo.
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Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Production year
1954
Country
JP
Original title
The Crucified Lovers
Length
102 min.
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Japan Restored
The golden years of Japanese cinema, the 1950s, are brought to life in a programme featuring brand new 4K restorations of seven classics in an international tour organised by The Japan Foundation.
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