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Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

Drama Romance

The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.

Release Date: 1954, November 23
Directors: Kenji Mizoguchi
Countries: Japan
Production: Daiei Film
Cast: Kanae Kobayashi, Kyōko Kagawa, Haruo Tanaka, Hisao Toake, Kimiko Tachibana, Chieko Naniwa, Eitarō Ozawa, Ichirō Amano, Saburo Date, Shirō Osaki, Hachiro Okuni, Shiro Miura

Overview:

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.

Keywords:

love escape japan jidaigeki suicide attempt lover 17th century extramarital affair social class bankruptcy kyoto, japan locked in