Movie
Chikamatsu Monogatari
19541h 42m7.8 / 10
The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.
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.
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Chikamatsu Monogatari was released June 15, 2014. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
Kazuo HasegawaMohei
Kyōko KagawaOsan
Eitarō ShindōIshun
Eitarō OzawaSukeemon
Yōko MinamidaOtama
Haruo TanakaGifuya Dôki
Chieko NaniwaOkô
Ichirō SugaiGembeiCredits
- Directed by
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Written by
- Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 近松物語
Production
Daiei FilmJapan
Themes
17th centurybankruptcyescapeextramarital affairjapanjidaigekikyoto, japanlocked in