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Chikamatsu Monogatari

7.819541h 42mMovieDramaRomance

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.

DirectorKenji Mizoguchi
WritersYoshikata Yoda·Matsutarō Kawaguchi
ProducerMasaichi Nagata

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Cast · Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

KHKazuo Hasegawa
Kazuo Hasegawa
Mohei
KKKyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa
Osan
ESEitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Ishun
EOEitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Sukeemon
YMYōko Minamida
Yōko Minamida
Otama
HTHaruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
Gifuya Dôki
CNChieko Naniwa
Chieko Naniwa
Okô
ISIchirō Sugai
Ichirō Sugai
Gembei
TITatsuya Ishiguro
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Isan
HM
Hiroshi Mizuno
Kuroki
HTHisao Toake
Hisao Toake
Morinokoji
ITIkkei Tamaki
Ikkei Tamaki
Jushiro Umegaki

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