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The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.

Chikamatsu Monogatari

7.819541h 42m

DramaRomance

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.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

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CAST

The people behind the story

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kazuo HasegawaMohei

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko KagawaOsan

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō ShindōIshun

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō OzawaSukeemon

Yōko Minamida

Yōko MinamidaOtama

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo TanakaGifuya Dôki

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko NaniwaOkô

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō SugaiGembei