Ugetsu Movie Barcode

1953 · dir. Kenji Mizoguchi · 96 min · 1.37:1 · fantasy

Blue / Amber palette · Very dark · 320 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 96 minutes of Ugetsu into a single image: every shot is averaged to one colour and laid down as a vertical stripe, left to right, opening frame to end credits. Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi in 1953 and framed at 1.37:1, the fantasy palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.