tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post4663404563718837911..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Gion bayashiEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-70152036847282982952011-05-23T12:09:49.301-04:002011-05-23T12:09:49.301-04:00Yes, I have those MOC DVDs too, they're great....Yes, I have those MOC DVDs too, they're great. Mizoguchi definitely conveys how constricting and sad this life is for these women. It's a very affecting film with, as you say, an implicit social message about the treatment of women.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-4160018459989860522011-05-23T04:06:41.267-04:002011-05-23T04:06:41.267-04:00I actually managed to see this film via the Master...I actually managed to see this film via the Masters of Cinema DVDs from the UK. It's hard to imagine a society where women had to go through things like this. Mizoguchi was very effective at portraying it as such a nightmare of social constriction. Not only here, but in many of his films. It's little wonder a law banning prostitution was passed after <i>Streets of Shame</i>, his final vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233639891382103355noreply@blogger.com