The Woman of the Rumor
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The Woman of the Rumor is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi that explores complex female relationships and social stigma within the setting of a Kyoto geisha house.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Woman of the Rumor canonical | 1 |
| Uwasa no onna | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9717625 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Woman of the Rumor Context triple: [Ayako Wakao, notableWork, The Woman of the Rumor]
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A.
The Woman
The Woman is Willy Loman’s unnamed mistress in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," symbolizing his infidelity and the illusory rewards of his failed pursuit of success.
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B.
A Woman’s Tale
A Woman’s Tale is a 1991 Australian drama film by director Paul Cox that poignantly portrays the final days and emotional resilience of an elderly woman facing terminal illness.
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C.
The Woman in Question
The Woman in Question is a 1950 British mystery film, also known as Five Angles on Murder, noted for its Rashomon-style multiple perspectives on a woman's death.
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D.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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E.
House of Rumor
The House of Rumor is a fantastical, ever-buzzing hall of gossip and hearsay in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem "The House of Fame," where news, stories, and falsehoods ceaselessly circulate.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Woman of the Rumor Target entity description: The Woman of the Rumor is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi that explores complex female relationships and social stigma within the setting of a Kyoto geisha house.
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A.
The Woman
The Woman is Willy Loman’s unnamed mistress in Arthur Miller’s play "Death of a Salesman," symbolizing his infidelity and the illusory rewards of his failed pursuit of success.
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B.
A Woman’s Tale
A Woman’s Tale is a 1991 Australian drama film by director Paul Cox that poignantly portrays the final days and emotional resilience of an elderly woman facing terminal illness.
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C.
The Woman in Question
The Woman in Question is a 1950 British mystery film, also known as Five Angles on Murder, noted for its Rashomon-style multiple perspectives on a woman's death.
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D.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
-
E.
House of Rumor
The House of Rumor is a fantastical, ever-buzzing hall of gossip and hearsay in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem "The House of Fame," where news, stories, and falsehoods ceaselessly circulate.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Japanese postwar cinema ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Kenji Mizoguchi ⓘ |
| directorOfPhotography | Kazuo Miyagawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Daiei Film ⓘ |
| filmingCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasDirector | Kenji Mizoguchi ⓘ |
| hasTitleInJapanese |
Uwasa no onna
ⓘ
linked to:
The Woman of the Rumor
|
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | women’s lives in postwar Japan ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOf | Kenji Mizoguchi filmography ⓘ |
| portrays |
geisha culture
ⓘ
mother–daughter relationship ⓘ social ostracism ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Daiei Film ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| runtimeApproximate | 83 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Yoshikata Yoda ⓘ |
| settingEnvironment | geisha house ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Kyoto ⓘ |
| theme |
female relationships
ⓘ
social stigma ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Woman of the Rumor Description of subject: The Woman of the Rumor is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi that explores complex female relationships and social stigma within the setting of a Kyoto geisha house.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Woman of the Rumor