framethrowerSign up for free

Ugetsu (1953)

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi · Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa

96 min23 frames

FantasyDramaMystery

IMDb ↗Watch on Amazon ↗

Stills, screencaps & shots from Ugetsu

16 of 23 frames — the full set is searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, color and mood with a free account.

Ugetsu (1953) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with a bamboo slat wall and pottery tools. A man in a patterned garment hunches over a spinning…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — A rural landscape features tiered agricultural plots carved into a hillside with bamboo groves. A small rustic…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — A grassy lakeshore area features a large bare tree and reed beds. Two people sit on a patterned blanket with food…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — A traditional Japanese house features shoji screens that glow from the interior candlelight. Two women in kimonos…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — Two wooden boats float on a dark, mist-covered river at night. Multiple figures in traditional clothing navigate…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: medium — An interior space features a decorated folding screen with floral illustrations in the background. A woman in a…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: medium — A traditional room features shoji screens and low seating on a straw mat. Three individuals sit around a low…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — A misty riverbank at dawn with a wooden boat moored to the shore. Five people in traditional clothing move items…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: fullbody — A rustic wooden bridge crosses over an unseen depression in a rural landscape. A man and a woman walk away…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: medium — A dense crowd of people surrounds a samurai on horseback in a night street. The wooden architecture of the…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — A flat marshland area with sparse, leafless trees under a cloudy sky. A wooden boat rests at the edge of the water…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: medium — A rural setting with dirt ground and rustic wooden structures in the background. A man hands a small object to a…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — An open field densely packed with tall, slender reeds against a muted sky. Two figures move through the tall…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — A dimly lit room with rough walls and a wooden structure in the background. A person sleeps under a patterned…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: fullbody — A group of people works near a makeshift wooden and mud-walled hut structure. The scene is set in an…Ugetsu (1953) movie still: wide — A dark, fog-covered body of water at night under a heavy, overcast sky. A lone figure stands upright in a small…
Ugetsu (1953) — © Daiei Film

Ugetsu — official trailer

What is Ugetsu about?

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

Where can you watch Ugetsu?

US availability for Ugetsu (1953). Data by JustWatch, listings on TMDB. Availability changes — check the provider for current listings.

Who stars in Ugetsu?

Who made Ugetsu?

What does the cinematography of Ugetsu look like?

Across 23 sampled frames, Ugetsu builds its coverage from wide compositions, with medium shots carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa keeps most of it in soft, low-key light. Much of the film play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames.

What is the color palette of Ugetsu?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Ugetsu (1953) are #4b4b4b, #8b8b8b, #060606, #6e6e6e, #2c2c2c, #c9c9c9 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #4b4b4b
  • #8b8b8b
  • #060606
  • #6e6e6e
  • #2c2c2c
  • #c9c9c9

See the full Ugetsu colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

Ugetsu ranks in

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 23 frames of Ugetsu (1953), and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.

Sign up for freeAPI & MCP docs

Techniques in this film

More Fantasy films

Cast, trailer and streaming data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.