Movie·1954·1h 42m
Chikamatsu Monogatari
The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.
Directed By
Kenji Mizoguchi
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 近松物語
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.
Written By
Yoshikata Yoda, Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Cinematography
Kazuo Miyagawa
Music
Fumio Hayasaka
Editor
Kanji Suganuma
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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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
Hiroshi Mizuno
Kuroki
Hisao Toake
Morinokoji
Ikkei Tamaki
Jushiro Umegaki
Kimiko Tachibana
Umetatsu Akamatsu
Keiko Koyanagi
Okaya
Sayako Nakagami
Osono
Kanae Kobayashi
Otatsu
Shiro Miura
Worker
Nobuko Tanei
Young Girl
// crew
Crew
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Tamezô Mochizuki
Original Music Composer
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Screenplay
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
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