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Shinjū ten no Amijima, Double suicide, Hyōgensha, Nihon Āto Shiatā Girudo ; seisaku, Nakajima Masayuki, Shinoda Masahiro ; gensaku, Chikamatsu Monzaemon ; kyakushoku, Tomioka Taeko, Takemitsu Tōru, Shinoda Masahiro ; kantoku, Shinoda Masahiro

Label
Shinjū ten no Amijima, Double suicide, Hyōgensha, Nihon Āto Shiatā Girudo ; seisaku, Nakajima Masayuki, Shinoda Masahiro ; gensaku, Chikamatsu Monzaemon ; kyakushoku, Tomioka Taeko, Takemitsu Tōru, Shinoda Masahiro ; kantoku, Shinoda Masahiro
Language
jpn
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Shinjū ten no Amijima
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
45949628
Responsibility statement
Hyōgensha, Nihon Āto Shiatā Girudo ; seisaku, Nakajima Masayuki, Shinoda Masahiro ; gensaku, Chikamatsu Monzaemon ; kyakushoku, Tomioka Taeko, Takemitsu Tōru, Shinoda Masahiro ; kantoku, Shinoda Masahiro
Runtime
104
Series statement
Criterion collection, 104
Sub title
Double suicide
Summary
In this stylized dramatization of the puppet theater play, Jihei abandons business, family and self respect for a passionate love affair with a geisha whose freedom he cannot afford. As the world closes in upon him, he finds his only course of action to be in death together with the lover he is unable to obtain in life
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Double suicide
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