Chikamatsu Monogatari

Chikamatsu Monogatari

The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.

1954•1h 42m•7.8/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(147)

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.

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Production

Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kazuo Hasegawa

Mohei

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Osan

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Ishun

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Sukeemon

Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida

Otama

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Gifuya Dôki

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Okô

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Gembei

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Isan

Hiroshi Mizuno

Kuroki

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Morinokoji

Ikkei Tamaki

Jushiro Umegaki

Kimiko Tachibana

Kimiko Tachibana

Umetatsu Akamatsu

Keiko Koyanagi

Keiko Koyanagi

Okaya

Sayako Nakagami

Osono

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Otatsu

Shiro Miura

Worker

Nobuko Tanei

Nobuko Tanei

Young Girl

Sōji Shibata

Worker

Satoshi Mikami

Worker

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