Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
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.
Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi
Writers:
Yoshikata Yoda, Matsutarō Kawaguchi.
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Kazuo Hasegawa as Mohei |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Osan |
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Eitarō Shindō as Ishun |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Sukeemon |
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Yōko Minamida as Otama |
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Haruo Tanaka as Gifuya Dôki |
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Chieko Naniwa as Okô |
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Ichirō Sugai as Gembei |
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Tatsuya Ishiguro as Isan |
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Hiroshi Mizuno as Kuroki |
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Hisao Toake as Morinokoji |
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Ikkei Tamaki as Jushiro Umegaki |
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Kimiko Tachibana as Umetatsu Akamatsu |
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Keiko Koyanagi as Okaya |
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Sayako Nakagami as Osono |
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Kanae Kobayashi as Otatsu |
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Shiro Miura as Worker |
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Nobuko Tanei as Young Girl |
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Sōji Shibata as Worker |
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Satoshi Mikami as Worker |
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Satoshi Shinohara as Worker |
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Tadashi Iwata as Chushichi |
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Ichirō Amano as Blind Musician |
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Kōichi Katsuragi as Priest |
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Shinobu Araki as Courtier |
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Ryōnosuke Azuma as |
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Saburo Date as Katada Government Official |
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Jun Fujikawa as Village Government Official |
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Takaji Fukui as Fushimi Government Official |
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Sumao Ishihara as Inn Head Clerk |
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Masayoshi Kikuno as Religious Man |
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Midori Komatsu as Old Lady in Tea House |
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Reiko Kongō as Boat Servant |
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Tokio Oki as Worker |
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Hachiro Okuni as Fushimi Government Official |
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Shirō Osaki as Chestnut Peddler |
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Kiyoshi Takikawa as Worker |
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Fumihiko Yokoyama as |
| Writing | Yoshikata Yoda | Screenplay |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Directing | Kenji Mizoguchi | Director |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tamezô Mochizuki | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Ken'ichi Okamoto | Gaffer |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Art Direction |
| Art | Akira Naitō | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Shozo Tanaka | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ritsu Hanai | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masanori Kobayashi | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Yaichi Ebise | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natsu Itô | Costume Design |
| Writing | Matsutarō Kawaguchi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Shôsaburô Suzuki | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Takabuki Yoshiya | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Tasaburô Oota | Background Designer |
| Writing | Monzaemon Chikamatsu | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Iwao Ōtani | Sound |
| Directing | Tokuzō Tanaka | Assistant Director |
| Art | Uichirô Yamamoto | Set Designer |
| Production | Masatsugu Hashimoto | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Production | Hiroshi Ozawa | Production Manager |
| Editing | Kanji Suganuma | Editor |
| Art | Hisakazu Tsuji | Production Design |