Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1954-11-23
- Runtime:
- 102 min
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Director:
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Top cast:
- Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Eitarō Ozawa, Yōko Minamida, Haruo Tanaka
- Original language:
- JA
- TMDB rating:
- 7.8/10 from 152 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 7.5/10