Ugetsu

Kyoto: Daiei Studios, Circa 1953. Draft script for the 1953 Japanese film. Text and titles in Japanese. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member, with their annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on six leaves of the script, and on the rear wrapper.

Based on two stories from Ueda Akinari's 1776 story collection. A classic of the jidaigeki (period drama) genre and a masterpiece of Japanese cinema, about an impoverished potter who is seduced by a mysterious, wealthy spirit, causing him to forget his wife and child.

Set in the rural farming village Nakanog , in the 16th century.

White titled wrappers. Title page present. Approximately 90 leaves, with last page of text numbered c-16. Mimeograph duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, with small splashes on the left edge of the front wrapper, lightly foxed overall, and a small chip at the heel.

Criterion Collection 309. Ebert I. Eureka Masters of Cinema 36. Rosenbaum 1000.

[Book #161289]