Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
- 10.0
- 116 mins
- Drama, History
Storyline
An unforgiving man pursues his wife (Kyoko Kagawa) and her lover (Kazuo Hasegawa) in feudal 17th-century Japan.
Plot Keywords
businessman, wife, employee, brother, young girl, underling, melodramatic, dark, passionate, brooding, estate, japan, shop, false accusations, doomed romance, on the run, scandal, theft, siblings, forbidden love, temptation, escape, discovery, 17th century
Short Review
This truly is a story from Chikamatsu, within which the ballad of Mohei and Osan exerts a pitiless mechanical force, like a trebuchet, that forever alters the lives of those around them.
Trailer
Streaming Service
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