The Tale of the Crucified Lovers (Chikamatsu Monogatari) (1954)

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Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Starring (View all)

Kazuo Hasegawa
Mohei

Kyôko Kagawa
Osan

Eitarô Shindô
Ishun

Eitarô Ozawa
Sukeemon

Yôko Minamida
Otama

Haruo Tanaka
Gifuya Dôki

Chieko Naniwa
Okô

Ichirô Sugai
Gembei

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Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.

Release date: 23 November 1954

Tags: Japan (4), 1950s (3), Samurai (2), 1954 (2), East Asia (2), Drama (1), Japanese (1), Asian (1)

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"Mizoguchi dissects and points out the structural flaws and ableism in a lot of Japan's past social and societal norms in a movie that goes exactly the way you'd think but it still surprises you at just about every turn by just being the sharpest damn knife in the drawer. God damn do the forests in this movie look incredible!"