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Double Suicide

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Double Suicide
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NR,1hr 45min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1969
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Hosei Komatsu  ...more
Synopsis: A masterpiece of Japanese New Wave cinema, renowned filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda directs this brilliant modernist reworking of a famous 1720 bunraku (puppet theater) play written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Set in Osaka in the 18th century, the film centers on the doomed romance between Jihei (Kichiemon Nakamura), a down and out married paper merchant passionately in love with doe-eyed courtesan Koharu (Shima Iwashita), whom he cannot afford to buy out of servitude. Koharu herself has also fallen in love ... Full Synopsis
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Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
A landmark of modernist cinema, Double Suicide brilliantly recasts traditional bunraku conventions to a cinematic form that is visually stunning and emotionally riveting. Using his trademark graphic sensibility, director Masahiro Shinoda never allows viewers to forget that they're watching an adaptation of a play. Just as the black clad puppeteers are visible during traditional bunraku performances, ... Full Review
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