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Chikamatsu Monogatari

The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.

★ 7.8 1954 102 min DramaRomance

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.

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Release
1954-11-23
TMDB score
7.8/10
Original language
JA
Status
Released
Production
Japan
Studio
Daiei Film

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DirectorKenji MizoguchiWriterYoshikata YodaWriterMatsutarō KawaguchiCastKazuo HasegawaCastKyōko KagawaCastEitarō ShindōCastEitarō OzawaCastYōko Minamida

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