The use of the lens is very oriental, stable and appropriate. However, since he accommodated a series of sports in the middle, he did not show his craftsmanship, and he was so gorgeous that he almost couldn't help clapping his hands.
The story is complicated and confusing, and it obviously absorbs the nutrition of Chinese ghost culture.
The concern for the fate of women in the film must have been really progressive at that time, and I wonder if it came from Mizoguchi's compatibility with Western culture.
What impressed me the most was the small boat traveling in the fog, which suddenly appeared in the fog and disappeared. Only two shots have made the atmosphere so eerie, and it still seems amazing.
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