From the masterful canon of Kenji Mizoguchi (Legend of Bailiff Sansho) comes anevocativelyhaunting film, considered atrue landmark of Japanese cinema.Set in sixteenth-century Japan Ugetsu tells the legend of two peasants who set out to make their respective fortunes in the world.Farmer Tobei,dreams of becoming a samurai whereas Genjuro, an ambitious potter leaves his beloved family to market his wares during the ravages of a civil warand is haunted by a beautiful ghost princess. Based on works by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, this haunting tale of love and loss and the mystery in between is atrulyremarkable and memorable film.