Shinjū ten no Amijima : Double Suicide
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Based on: Shinjū ten no Amijima / Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Nakamura Kichiemon, Iwashita Shima, Takita Yūsuke, Komatsu Hōsei, Fujiwara Kamatari.
In this stylized dramatization of the puppet theater play, Jihei abandons business, family and self respect for a passionate love affair with a geisha whose freedom he cannot afford. As the world closes in upon him, he finds his only course of action to be death together with the lover he is unable to obtain in life.
DVD; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Contents: Shinjū ten no Amijima.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
104.
Classic collection.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Japanese language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2000.
Year Published: 2000
Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0780023293
9780780023291
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Shinoda, Masahiro, 1931-
Nakamura, Kichiemon, 1944-
Iwashita, Shima, 1941-
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, 1653-1725.
Janus Films.
Hyōgensha.
Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
篠田正浩, 1931-
中村吉右衛門, 1944-
岩下志麻, 1941-
近松門左衛門, 1653-1725.
表現社.
東宝株式会社.
SUBJECTS
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, -- 1653-1725 -- Film and video adaptations.
Suicide -- Japan -- Drama.
Geishas -- Japan -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Drama.
Japanese language materials.
Feature films -- Japan.
Motion pictures, Japanese.