"Chikamatsu Monogatari"
1954
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi

One of the masterworks of Kenji Mizoguchi: in 17th century Japan, the illicit love between a merchant's wife and her servant leads to tragedy. Based on a story by Chikamatsu and derived from a Bunraku play, "it is perhaps Mizoguchi's most intense and concentrated study of social mores in feudal Japan and among his most visually sensuous films" (Georges Sadoul). Japanese with English subtitles. 110 minutes.

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