Title: Double Suicide (心中天網島)
Release Date: 1969-05-24
IMDB ID: tt0064975
Vote Average: 6.9 (57 votes)
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.
Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II (Jihei), Shima Iwashita (Koharu / Osan), Hōsei Komatsu (Tahei), Yūsuke Takita (Mogoemon), Kamatari Fujiwara (Owner of the Yamatoya), Yoshi Katō (Gosaemon),
Crew: Masahiro Shinoda (Director), Toru Takemitsu (Writer), Taeko Tomioka (Writer), Kiyoshi Awazu (Production Design), Akira Suzuki (Sound Effects Editor), Monzaemon Chikamatsu (Original Story),
Release Date: 1969-05-24
IMDB ID: tt0064975
Vote Average: 6.9 (57 votes)
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.
Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II (Jihei), Shima Iwashita (Koharu / Osan), Hōsei Komatsu (Tahei), Yūsuke Takita (Mogoemon), Kamatari Fujiwara (Owner of the Yamatoya), Yoshi Katō (Gosaemon),
Crew: Masahiro Shinoda (Director), Toru Takemitsu (Writer), Taeko Tomioka (Writer), Kiyoshi Awazu (Production Design), Akira Suzuki (Sound Effects Editor), Monzaemon Chikamatsu (Original Story),