Chikamatsu Monogatari

"The tortured heart behind the cultivated image."Movie
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
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StarringKazuo HasegawaKyōko KagawaEitarō Shindō
DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
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NR 1 hr 42 minDrama, Romance
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Plot
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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Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Daiei Film
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