Double Suicide (1969)
Shinjû: Ten no Amijima (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 22min
- Drama
- 11 Feb 1970 (USA)
- Movie
- 7 wins.
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Cast
Kichiemon Nakamura | ... |
Jihei
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Shima Iwashita | ... |
Koharu / Osan
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Shizue Kawarazaki | ... |
Osan's Mother
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Tokie Hidari | ... |
Osugi
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Sumiko Hidaka | ... |
Proprietress
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Yûsuke Takita | ... |
Magoemon
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Hôsei Komatsu | ... |
Tahei
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Takashi Sue | ... |
Store Owner
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Masashi Makita | ... |
Guest
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Makoto Akatsuka | ... |
Sangorô
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Unko Uehara | ... |
Otama
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Shinji Tsuchiya | ... |
Kantarô
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Kaori Tozawa | ... |
Osue
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Yoshi Katô | ... |
Gosaemon
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Kamatari Fujiwara | ... |
Denbei
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Jun Hamamura |
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Directed by
Masahiro Shinoda |
Written by
Monzaemon Chikamatsu | ... | (play) |
Masahiro Shinoda | ... | (writer) |
Tôru Takemitsu | ... | (writer) |
Taeko Tomioka | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
Masayuki Nakajima | ... | producer |
Masahiro Shinoda | ... | producer |
Music by
Tôru Takemitsu |
Cinematography by
Tôichirô Narushima |
Editorial Department
Shikako Takahashi | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Kiyoshi Awazu |
Set Decoration by
Dai Arakawa | ||
Akiyoshi Kanda |
Costume Design by
Kiyoshi Hashimoto |
Makeup Department
Yôko Takahashi | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Masao Katô | ... | executive in charge of production |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Makoto Koizumi | ... | assistant director |
Masayuki Motomochi | ... | assistant director |
Shigeyuki Nakano | ... | assistant director |
Kôhei Oguri | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Tôkô Shinoda | ... | painter |
Sound Department
Hideo Nishizaki | ... | sound |
Akira Suzuki | ... | sound effects editor |
Tadao Takai | ... | sound effects editor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Akio Hayashi | ... | assistant photographer |
Tatsuzô Kobayashi | ... | gaffer |
Yasuo Okuyama | ... | gaffer |
Yoshinao Sakamoto | ... | assistant photographer |
Keizô Sanbe | ... | assistant camera |
Hiroaki Sugimura | ... | assistant camera |
Norio Takeda | ... | gaffer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yoshio Ueno | ... | costume researcher |
Additional Crew
Yoshikazu Hayashi | ... | period researcher |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toho (1970) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1975) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
During feudal times in Osaka, Koharu, a courtesan, and Jihei, a married paper merchant, fall in love, they having met in he being one of her regular customers. Their passion for each other is all consuming, especially for Kihei who leaves the running of the paper store in the hands of his wife, Osan. At the beginning of each month - twenty-nine months thus far - Jihei writes a vow to Koharu to free her from her life so that they can be together. However, he doesn't have the money to pay her ransom, he spending whatever money he has in paying for her services. In the meantime, anyone can pay her ransom, she who would be his possession. Jihei and Koharu have vowed to commit suicide together so that they can be together for eternity if they cannot be together on Earth. Jihei and Koharu's journey is affected by several people: his brother, Magoemon, and Osan's parents, who want Jihei to to do right by Osan as her husband and father to their two young children; wealthy Tahei, who believes money should be able to get him anything, including Koharu, who she detests in return; and Osan herself, who knows more about what Jihei is doing than she may let on to him, and who has a special relationship with Koharu in getting what she wants out of her marriage. Jihei and Koharu's plans for the double suicide are also affected by thoughts of the negative consequences of doing so on the living. Written by Huggo |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Although released in 1969, director Masahiro Shinoda choose to shoot this film in the standard academy (1.33:1) format instead of the spherical or anamorphic widescreen formats that most features were using by that time. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994). See more » |