Chapter One: Why Mizoguchi? Chapter Two: Preliminary clarifications -the historical background -biographical considerations -Mizoguchi on set Chapter Three: The Great Triptych ( The Life of Oharu, Sansho The Bailiff, Ugetsu Monogatari) Chapter Four: Further Historical Masterpieces (The Loyal 47 Ronin, Chikamatsu Monogatari, The Empress Yang Kwei Fei, Tales of the Taira Clan) Chapter Five: Geisha, Prostitution and the Street (Osaka Elegy, Sisters of the Gion, Straits of Love and Hate, Women of the Night, Street of Shame, Gion Festival Music, The Woman of Rumour) Chapter Six: Respectable Women ( The Love of Sumako the Actress, My Love Has Been Burning, A Picture of Madame Yuki, Miss Oyu, The Lady from Musashino) Chapter Seven: Alive or Dead? ( Mizoguchi's films up to 1936, and The Story of the Last Crysanthemum) Annotated bibliography Annotated filmography
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