Blood and Soul

Name: Blood and Soul
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Released: 1923

Kenji Mizoguchi

class struggle authoritarianism economic oppression social inequality labor exploitation

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Synopsis

An Expressionist film about masses downtrodden by authoritarian capitalism. (Now lost.)

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