The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate

Name: The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Released: 1934

Kenji Mizoguchi

political imprisonment sacrifice for love prostitution Japanese history social activism

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Synopsis

The tragic loves between a member of the Liberal Party, imprisoned following the Chichibu incident in November 1884, and an actress who resolves to prostitute herself to help him. Considered a lost film.

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