Chikamatsu Monogatari

Name: Chikamatsu Monogatari
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1954
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7.8

1954 · 102 min

Drama · Romance

★ 7.8

Criterion

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Director of Photography Kazuo Miyagawa

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
H
Hiroshi Mizuno
Kuroki
Hisao Toake
Morinokoji
Ikkei Tamaki
Jushiro Umegaki

Crew

Director — Kenji Mizoguchi
Screenplay — Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay — Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Director of Photography — Kazuo Miyagawa

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