Chikamatsu Monogatari
“The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.”
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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Cast
38 people
Kazuo Hasegawa
Mohei
Known for
Gate of Hell
An Actor's Revenge
Kyōko Kagawa
Osan
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High and Low
Sansho the Bailiff
Eitarō Shindō
Ishun
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Drunken Angel
Eitarō Ozawa
Sukeemon
Known for
Ugetsu
The Return of Godzilla
Yōko Minamida
Otama
Known for
House
Gokusen
Haruo Tanaka
Gifuya Dôki
Known for
Ikiru
Floating Weeds
Chieko Naniwa
Okô
Known for
Throne of Blood
Sansho the Bailiff
Ichirō Sugai
Gembei
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
The Life of Oharu
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Isan
Known for
Fires on the Plain
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Hiroshi Mizuno
Kuroki
Also in
Gate of Hell
Hero of the Red Light District
Hisao Toake
Morinokoji
Known for
Tokyo Story
Street of Shame
Ikkei Tamaki
Jushiro Umegaki
Known for
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Kenji Mizoguchi Director · Matsutarō Kawaguchi Screenplay Yoshikata Yoda Screenplay
United States release June 15, 2014 · Produced in Japan · Production New Line Cinema, Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Daiei Film
Production
New Line Cinema
Studio
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
近松物語
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 23, 1954
Theatrical
United States · June 15, 2014
Premiere · Harvard Film Archive
Argentina
August 17, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Ciclo Kenji Mizoguchi
Belgium
February 24, 1956 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 24, 2024 · Limited theatrical · CINUSP (Mostra Amor Bandido)
France
April 27, 1955 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
May 15, 1957 · Theatrical · Paris
October 4, 2006 · Theatrical · Re-release
August 20, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
July 31, 2019 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
Germany
June 21, 1969 · TV · West Germany
Greece
August 24, 2006 · Theatrical · Re-release
January 18, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Greek Film Archive
August 22, 2024 · Theatrical · Re-Issue
Hong Kong SAR China
December 5, 2004 · Theatrical
March 25, 2018 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival (Restored Version)
Italy
September 4, 2017 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival (Digitally Restored Version)
Japan
October 24, 2011 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
Portugal
April 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Romania
November 1, 1970 · Theatrical
Singapore
March 11, 2018 · Premiere · Japanese Film Festival (Digitally Restored Version)
Spain
February 6, 1972 · TV
March 1, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Madrid - Círculo de Bellas Artes (Subtitled Restored Version, Event Release)
March 13, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona - Zumzeig (Subtitled Restored Version, Event)
Switzerland
July 19, 2010 · Physical · DVD (French & German Speaking Region)
United Kingdom
February 25, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Uruguay
September 5, 1993 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Uruguaya
XC
October 10, 1958 · Theatrical
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