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You can watch Ugetsu (1953) for free on Kanopy.

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.

A desperate pursuit of wealth and status pulls two peasants into a fog-shrouded nightmare where the line between the living and the dead dissolves. Mist rolls across the water to reveal how greed can haunt a man long after his ambitions have turned to ash.

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