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Directed by
KENJI MIZOGUCHI
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Akinari Ueda's
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
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continues to enchant modern readers
with its mysterious fantasies.
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This film is a new refashioning
of those fantasies.
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EARLY SPRING, 16TH CENTURY
A PERIOD OF CIVIL WAR
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LAKE BIWA IN OMI PROVINCE
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What could that be?
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They must be executing
Shibata's spies.
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I need to sell all this
before the fighting starts.
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- Can you sell it in Nagahama?
- Yes.
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I hear business is booming there
since Hashiba's forces arrived.
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- Can't I go with you?
- No, no women.
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No telling what lawless soldiers
are capable of.
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Besides, you must stay
and take care of little Genichi.
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Go if you must!
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What a samurai you'll make!
Crazy fool!