The Crucified Lovers ( Chikamatsu monogatari ) ( A Story from Chikamatsu )

The Crucified Lovers (DVD) (*)

$43.99

Original Title: Chikamatsu monogatari
Alternate Title: A Story from Chikamatsu
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( DTS 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1954 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kenji Mizoguchi

Written By:
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Matsutarô Kawaguchi

Actors:
Kazuo Hasegawa ..... Mohei
Kyôko Kagawa ..... Osan
Eitarô Shindô ..... Ishun
Eitarô Ozawa ..... Sukeemon (as Saka Ozawa)
Yôko Minamida ..... Otama
Haruo Tanaka ..... Gifuya Dôki
Chieko Naniwa ..... Okô
Ichirô Sugai ..... Gembei
Tatsuya Ishiguro ..... Isan
Hiroshi Mizuno ..... Kuroki
Hisao Toake ..... Morinokoji
Ikkei Tamaki ..... Jushiro Umegaki
Kimiko Tachebana ..... Umetatsu Akamatsu
Keiko Koyanagi ..... Okaya
Sayako Nakagami ..... Osono

Synopsis:

Master filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi directs this tale of star-crossed lovers, based on a puppet play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Set in 1693 during a period of rigid feudal hierarchy and strict social customs, the film unfolds in the estate of a miserly scroll maker named Ishun (Eitaro Shindo). While Ishun busies himself by harassing a comely worker named Otama (Yoko Minamida), Ishun's wife, Osan (Kyoko Kagawa), is approached by her ne'er-do-well brother, Doki, who needs money. Knowing that there is no way that Ishun will agree to the loan, Osan turns to Mohei (Kazuo Shindo), Ishun's most trusted clerk, for help and he agrees to use his master's seal to allocate the funds. Caught in the act, he confesses though never implicating Osan. Ishun cruelly beats and humiliates his employee and locks him in the grain storeroom. A series of mistakes and misunderstandings lead to Ishun believing that his wife and his clerk are having an illicit affair. Mohei flees and Osan leaves soon thereafter, confirming Ishun's suspicions. The two escape first to Osaka then to the mountains around Lake Biwa, traveling first as lady and servant and later as lovers.

Tells of the undying love of a clerk for his employer's wife, but she cannot dissolve the union due to the Japanese tradition of the time.

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