Who Is The Antagonist In Ugetsu

1. The title of the film is Ugetsu, also known as Ugetsu Monogatari. The movie was made in the year 1953 by director, Kenji Mizoguchi. The film's country of origin is Japan. The film's main actors and actresses are Machiko Kyou (lady Wakasa), Mitsuko Mito (Ohama), Masayuki Mori (Genjurou), Eitaro Ozawa (Toubei), and Kinuyo Tanaka (Miyagi). 2.

There are many different antagonists in the movie. The first antagonists are the invading soldiers, first introduced early in the movie, as they raid the village where the four main characters live. The other antagonists are two ghosts, one of a women named lady Wakasa, and the other a ghost of her servant.
The climax occurs when Genjurou receives help from a priest to rid himself of the ghosts of lady Wakasa and the servant's ghosts. He directly confronts the ghosts, with Buddhist prayers written across his body in an attempt to exorcise the ghosts. It is not explicitly told that he defeated the ghosts, as he passes out after grabbing a sword to protect himself from them, but the ghosts are never seen again after this, and Genjurou leaves unharmed, so it's safe to assume that he either defeated them, or they left.

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There are almost two different stories being told in Ugetsu, one of Genjurou and Miyagi, the other of Ohama and Toubei. The resolution of Genjurou and Miyagi's story ends with Genjurou leaving the area where he had encountered lady Wakasa, and returning home to his wife and child. The next day, he finds out that the Miyagi that he had seen on the night he returned was not actually his wife, but her ghost, as Miyagi had been killed by invading soldiers. Toubei and Ohama's story is resolved when she leaves the brothel she works at, and returns home with her husband, who decides to give up on being a