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Portrait of Madame Yuki

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Portrait of Madame Yuki
Michiyo Kogure and Sō Yamamura
Directed byKenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay by
Based on
  • Yuki fujin ezu
  • by Seiichi Funabashi
Produced byKazuo Takimura
Starring
CinematographyJōji Ohara
Edited byToshio Goto
Music byFumio Hayasaka
Production
companies
Distributed byShintoho
Release date
  • 21 October 1950 (1950-10-21)[1][2]
Running time
88 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Portrait of Madame Yuki (雪夫人絵図, Yuki fujin ezu), also titled A Picture of Madame Yuki, is a 1950 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.[1][2][3]

Plot

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The story is seen through the eyes of a star struck new maid. Yuki Shinano, a descendant of the once powerful Shinano family, is living in an unhappy marriage with her husband Naoyuki. Although he treats her disdainfully and has an open affair with his mistress Ayako, whom he even brings to Yuki's residence in Atami, she is tied to him through sexual dependency. Yuki and koto teacher Masaya have a mutual affection since childhood, but are too weak-willed to change the situation.

In an attempt to gain autonomy, Yuki opens an inn in her residence, but Naoyuki makes Ayako the head of the business, only to find out later that he himself has been bought out by Ayako and his lawyer Tateoka. Yuki, pregnant from her husband but suspected of adultery through a scheme contrived by Tateoka, drowns herself in the lake.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ a b "雪夫人絵図 (Portrait of Madame Yuki)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "雪夫人絵図 (Portrait of Madame Yuki)" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ^ "雪夫人絵図 (Portrait of Madame Yuki)" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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