Chikamatsu Monogatari

“The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.”

7.8

1954

1h 42m

DramaRomance

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

Key Crew

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Producers

Masaichi Nagata

Writers

Yoshikata Yoda

Matsutarō Kawaguchi

Cinematography

Kazuo Miyagawa

Music

Fumio Hayasaka

Cast (38)

Kazuo Hasegawa

Mohei

Kyōko Kagawa

Osan

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