Bibliograph

Chikamatsu monogatari, A story from Chikamatsu, a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Type

Label

Chikamatsu monogatari, A story from Chikamatsu, a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Language

jpn

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

Chikamatsu monogatari

Oclc number

1082217339

Responsibility statement

a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

Runtime

102

Series statement

Criterion collection, 949

Sub title

A story from Chikamatsu

Summary

An exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker₂s wife and his apprentice after each is unfairly accused of wrongdoing. Bound by fate in an illicit, star-crossed romance, they go on the run in search of refuge from the punishment prescribed them: death

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Story from ChikamatsuCrucified lovers

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