Chikamatsu Monogatari
Original title: 近松物語
“The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.”
7.8(158)19541h 42mJA
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
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.
japanescapesuicide attemptloverloveextramarital affairbankruptcykyoto, japanlocked injidaigekisocial class17th century
