Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

7.8/10 • 102 min • Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

Mohei

Kyōko Kagawa

Osan

Eitarō Shindō

Ishun

Eitarō Ozawa

Sukeemon

Yōko Minamida

Otama

Haruo Tanaka

Gifuya Dôki

Chieko Naniwa

Okô

Ichirō Sugai

Gembei

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Isan

Hisao Toake

Morinokoji

Ikkei Tamaki

Jushiro Umegaki

Kimiko Tachibana

Umetatsu Akamatsu

Keiko Koyanagi

Okaya

Kanae Kobayashi

Otatsu

Nobuko Tanei

Young Girl

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