A Story from Chikamatsu
1954 · Movie · 102 min · ★ 7.8 · 95% critics
In 17th-century Kyoto, a craftsman’s wife is wrongly accused of an affair with a trusted worker. Forced to run from scandal and punishment, the two escape the city and confront the consequences of their flight as unexpected feelings grow between them.
Also known as The Crucified Lovers
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Details
- Original title
- 近松物語
- Years
- 1954
- Release date
- 1954-11-23
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (152 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tragic, romantic period drama about reputation and survival, in the vein of Ugetsu or Sansho the Bailiff; Not for you if you prefer light, upbeat stories.
Pros: gripping forbidden romance; strong period atmosphere; emotional moral stakes | Cons: slow-burn pacing; heavy melodrama; bleak subject matter
Themes
- japan
- escape
- suicide attempt
- lover
- love
- extramarital affair
- bankruptcy
- kyoto, japan
- locked in
- jidaigeki
- social class
- 17th century
Cast & crew
Kazuo Hasegawa
as Mohei
Kyōko Kagawa
as Osan
Eitarō Shindō
as Ishun
Eitarō Ozawa
as Sukeemon
Yōko Minamida
as Otama
Haruo Tanaka
as Gifuya Dôki
Chieko Naniwa
as Okô
Ichirō Sugai
as Gembei
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Isan
- HM
Hiroshi Mizuno
as Kuroki
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi