Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.

• Drama
• Romance

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.

Rating

7.8 / 10 (158 votes)

Release date

November 23, 1954

Runtime

1h 42m

Language

Japanese

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Status

Released