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Chikamatsu Monogatari

MOVIE • 1954

Chikamatsu Monogatari

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.

TMDB ★ 3.9/5Votes: 158
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Top Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kazuo Hasegawa

Mohei

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Osan

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Ishun

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Sukeemon

Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida

Otama

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Gifuya Dôki

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Okô

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Gembei

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Isan

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Hiroshi Mizuno

Kuroki

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Morinokoji

Ikkei Tamaki

Ikkei Tamaki

Jushiro Umegaki

Kimiko Tachibana

Kimiko Tachibana

Umetatsu Akamatsu

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Okaya

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Film

Status

Released

Release

November 23, 1954

Runtime

102 min

Language

Japanese

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Origin

Japan

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