Chikamatsu Monogatari
7.8/10
Rating
102 min
Runtime
1954
Release Year
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Cast
Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Eitarō Ozawa, Yōko Minamida
Quick Synopsis
In 17th-century Kyoto, a scrollmaker's wife is wrongly accused of having an affair with his most trusted employee. To escape the false accusations and the resulting tension, the wife and the employee leave the city together. During their time on the run, they develop genuine feelings for each other, transforming their relationship amid the challenges they face.
Detailed Synopsis of Chikamatsu Monogatari
When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.
