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One of a string of late-career masterworks made by Kenji Mizoguchi in the early 1950s, A Story from Chikamatsu (a.k.a. The Crucified Lovers) is an exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his apprentice after each is unfairly accused of wrongdoing. Bound by fate in an illicit, star-crossed romance, they go on the run in search of refuge from the punishment prescribed them: death. Shot in gorgeous, painterly style by master cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, this subtly sensuous indictment of societal oppression was heralded by Akira Kurosawa as a great masterpiece that could only have been made by Mizoguchi.
近松物語 / Chikamatsu monogatari
| Media | Movies Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc) |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Released | November 13, 2018 |
| EAN/UPC | 0715515222914 |
| Label | Criterion CCIN2961BR |
| Genre | Drama |
| Dimensions | 137 × 171 × 9 mm · 100 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Playtime | 01:42:00 |
| Region code | Region A (Americas, East and Southeast Asia) |
| Language | Original language |
| Please note | iMusic has no information as to which subtitles may or may not be available on this DVD/Blu-ray. |
| Director | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Skuespiller | Kazuo Hasegawa |
| Skuespiller | Kyôko Kagawa |
| Skuespiller | Eitarô Shindô |
| Skuespiller | Eitarô Ozawa |
| Skuespiller | Yôko Minamida |
| Skuespiller | Haruo Tanaka |
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