Chikamatsu Monogatari
“The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.”
Original title: 近松物語
DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
ScreenplayYoshikata Yoda, Matsutarō Kawaguchi
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.
Release
Nov 23, 1954
Budget
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Country
Japan
Revenue
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Cast
Kazuo Hasegawa
Mohei
Kyōko Kagawa
Osan
Eitarō Shindō
Ishun
Eitarō Ozawa
Sukeemon
Yōko Minamida
Otama
Haruo Tanaka
Gifuya Dôki
Chieko Naniwa
Okô
Ichirō Sugai
Gembei
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Isan
Hisao Toake
Morinokoji
Ikkei Tamaki
Jushiro Umegaki
Kimiko Tachibana
Umetatsu Akamatsu
Keiko Koyanagi
Okaya
Kanae Kobayashi
Otatsu
Nobuko Tanei
Young Girl
Kōichi Katsuragi
Priest
Saburo Date
Katada Government Official
Jun Fujikawa
Village Government Official
Midori Komatsu
Old Lady in Tea House
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