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Double suicide, Shinjū ten no Amijima, [presented by] Janus Films ; Hyōgensha, Nihon Āto Shiatā Girudo ; seisaku Shinoda Masahiro ; gensaku Chikamatsu Monzaemon ; kyakushoku Tomioka Taeko, Takemitsu Tōru, Shinoda Masahiro ; kantoku Shinoda Masahiro

Label
Double suicide, Shinjū ten no Amijima, [presented by] Janus Films ; Hyōgensha, Nihon Āto Shiatā Girudo ; seisaku Shinoda Masahiro ; gensaku Chikamatsu Monzaemon ; kyakushoku Tomioka Taeko, Takemitsu Tōru, Shinoda Masahiro ; kantoku Shinoda Masahiro
Language
jpn
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Double suicide
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
45949628
Responsibility statement
[presented by] Janus Films ; Hyōgensha, Nihon Āto Shiatā Girudo ; seisaku Shinoda Masahiro ; gensaku Chikamatsu Monzaemon ; kyakushoku Tomioka Taeko, Takemitsu Tōru, Shinoda Masahiro ; kantoku Shinoda Masahiro
Runtime
104
Series statement
Criterion collection, 104Classic collection
Sub title
Shinjū ten no Amijima
Summary
In this stylized dramatization of the puppet theater play, Jihei abandons business, family and self respect for a passionate love affair with a geisha whose freedom he cannot afford. As the world closes in upon him, he finds his only course of action to be death together with the lover he is unable to obtain in life
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Shinjū ten no Amijima
Classification
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