The Downfall of Osen

The Downfall of Osen
Directed by	Kenji Mizoguchi
Written by	Kyōka Izumi
Narrated by	Suisei Matsui, Midori Sawato
Starring	Isuzu Yamada Daijiro Natsukawa Ichiro Yoshizawa Shin Shibata
Cinematography	Minoru Miki
Distributed by	Digital Meme
Release date(s)	1935 (Japan)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Downfall of Osen (折鶴お千, Orizuru Osen^?) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The films centers on the theme of the strength of a woman who gives everything to the man she loves; a theme which Mizoguchi explored his whole life. The moving camera technique and bold retrospective scenes greatly reflect Mizoguchi's experimental approach.

External links

Orizuru Osen at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Kenji Mizoguchi

1920s	The Song of Home (1929) Tokyo March (1929)

1930s	The Water Magician (1933) Gion Festival (1933) The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate (1934) The Downfall of Osen (1935) Oyuki, the Madonna (1935) Poppies (1936) Osaka Elegy (1936) Sisters of the Gion (1936) The Straits of Love and Hate (1937) The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)

1940s	A Woman of Osaka (1940) The Life of an Actor (1941) The 47 Ronin (1941) Miyamoto Musashi (1944) The Famous Sword Bijomaru (1945) The Victory of Women (1946) Utamaro and His Five Women (1947) The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947) Women of the Night (1948) Flame of My Love (1949)

1950s	Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950) Miss Oyu (1951) The Lady of Musashino (1951) The Life of Oharu (1952) Ugetsu (1953) A Geisha (1953) Sansho the Bailiff (1954) The Woman in the Rumor (1954) The Crucified Lovers (1954) Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955) Tales of the Taira Clan (1955) Street of Shame (1956)

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