Double Suicide (1969)
TMDB
Doppio Suicidio ad Amijima
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Double suicide à Amijima
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Doble suicidio
director:
Masahiro Shinoda
actor:
Kichiemon Nakamura II
/
Shima Iwashita
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Hōsei Komatsu
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Yûsuke Takita
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Kamatari Fujiwara
…
genre:
Drama
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Romance
language:
Japanese
release date:
1969-05-24
(Release)
IMDb: tt0064975
心中天網島
overview
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.