Kenji Mizoguchi

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    Ugetsu Monogatari Analysis

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    Kenji Mizoguchi, a master of this art, perfectly shows his talents in Ugetsu. Well known for his long takes, Mizoguchi doesn’t disappoint in this movie. Long takes allow for a more natural view of a scene as well as giving background action more time to be displayed. A really great long take happens near the end of the movie. Genjurō has just returned to an empty home after escaping Lady Wakasa, and the scene starts with Genjurō entering the house. The camera follows him as he walks the length of the house and out the back. When Genjurō reaches the outside of the house, he runs back to the front of the house from the outside, the camera still following him. However, as the camera follows his outside movement, we see the house is no longer empty, but instead has Miyagi inside cooking. This effect of…

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    Questions On Satire Day

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    20. If you didn't have to go to school, what would you be doing the entire day? 21. Who do you think is the sexiest celebrity on the planet? 22. If you were given a choice of playing basketball, baseball or football, what would it be? 23. What was the ugliest rumour that people made about you? 24. Have you ever failed in a final exam and was detained in the same class? 25. Have you ever played a prank on a class teacher and gotten away with it? Valentines party games for guys: 1. Who…

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    Reba Sandy Twister Reba Sandy Twister was the toughest, strongest cowgirl in the state of Texas. She could ride bulls across the planes and make a flood with her tears. But best of all she could make a twister. She was known for miles to blow towns right off its bed and people of their horses. Reba Sandy twister was so big that she had to be carried by ten pelicans when she was born. She was so huge that her parents tried to fit her into the farmhouse, but she could not stay there. So her…

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    Naiwa Elegy Analysis

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    The word Naniwa is the old name of Osaka, and characterizes the culture of this old trade city: its art and industry. Naniwa was the motherland of contemporary tea ceremony and, at the same time, a place where everyone could trade anything to anything: “Japanese … associates Osaka with a city of calculating, profit-minded merchants” (McDonald, 33). Mizoguchi digs deeper and shows Osaka citizens in the middle of old and new, avoiding any caricaturization like in other films about Osaka people. He…

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