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.
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japanescapesuicide attemptloverloveextramarital affairbankruptcykyoto, japanlocked injidaigekisocial class17th century
