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	A Story from Chikamatsu The Criterion Collection Actors: Kyôko Kagawa, Kazuo Hasegawa Director: Kenji Mizoguchi NR 2018 1hr 42min DVD
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Actors: Kyôko Kagawa, Kazuo Hasegawa
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Studio: Criterion Collection
Format: DVD
DVD Release Date: 11/13/2018
Release Year: 2018
Run Time: 1hr 42min
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 6
Edition: Criterion Collection
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: Japanese
Subtitles: English

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Valerie L. (musiclover) from HOUSTON, TX
Reviewed on 9/19/2023...

The Story of Chikamatsu
a.k.a. The Crucified Lovers

1954 B&W Japanese
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Chikamatsu is a pen name for Sugimori Nobumori who made plays for the Bunraku puppet theater and Kabuki theater.

Kenji Mizoguchi is one of my favorite Japanese directors. Most of his stories are designed to show the struggles of women in Japanese society.
In the beginning of the film, workers are busy making calendars in the form of scrolls. The scroll maker has a contract to supply the Shogunate with calendars. The wife of the scroll maker secretly tries to pay her brothers debts so he does not go to jail. The scroll maker does not like lending money. One of the maids is trying to avoid the advances of the scroll maker. After witnessing the wife of a Samurai and her lover, paraded down the street to their execution, the maids in the scroll makers house are upset the wife gets death but an adulterous husband gets no punishment. I will leave the rest of the details for the viewer to experience.
9-19-23

3 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.