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.

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

Mohei

Kyōko Kagawa

Osan

Eitarō Shindō

Ishun

Eitarō Ozawa

Sukeemon

Yōko Minamida

Otama

Haruo Tanaka

Gifuya Dôki

Chieko Naniwa

Okô

Ichirō Sugai

Gembei