Round 1: Tossup 21

This film implies an off-screen rape via a close-up on sandals in some mud. This film’s cinematographer joked that 70 percent of it was crane shots, such as a long trick shot in which the camera pans left as a man walks through a deserted house, then pans right to reveal a woman in the house (-5[1])cooking over a fire. In this film, a frightening close-up on a helmet is set to a guttural chant (-5[1])that seems to be its owner’s voice. A man in this film uses a sword to extinguish a candle after two women pull off his garments to reveal (-5[1])words (-5[1])painted on his (15[1])body. A scene (-5[1])from Scorsese’s (-5[1])Silence recreates the (*) foggy, ethereal atmosphere of a scene in this film (10[1])that depicts two boats crossing paths. In this film’s Maupassant-inspired (10[1])B-plot, a wannabe warrior steals a severed head while bandits force his wife into prostitution. Rashomon and this film are often credited with launching Japanese cinema in the West. For 10 points, a spirit seduces a potter in what 1953 ghost story film by Kenji Mizoguchi? (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

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