Film
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954· +13· 1h 42m· Drama· Romance
“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.
1954-11-23
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Key Crew
DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
ScreenplayMatsutarō Kawaguchi
ProducerMasaichi Nagata
Director of PhotographyKazuo Miyagawa
Original Music ComposerFumio Hayasaka
EditorKanji Suganuma
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 24 crew)
Details
Released1954-11-23
Runtime1h 42m · +13
StatusReleased
StudiosDaiei Film
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating7.8/10 · 153 votes
Original languageja
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