Shinjū ten no Amijima = Double suicide /

Shinjū ten no Amijima = Double suicide /

心中天網島 = Double suicide /
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Many films have drawn from classic Japanese theatrical forms, but none with such shocking cinematic effect as director Masahiro Shinoda's DOUBLE SUICIDE. In this striking adaptation of a Bunraku puppet play (featuring the music of famed composer Toru Takemitsu), a paper merchant sacrifices fami...

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Main Author: Takemitsu, Tōru (Screenwriter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aus, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/cmp)
Corporate Authors: Hyōgen-sha (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn), Art Theatre Guild (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn), Criterion Collection (Firm) (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds), Janus Films (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dst), Kanopy (Firm) (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dst)
Other Authors: Shinoda, Masahiro, 1931- (Screenwriter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fmd, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fmp, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aus), Nakajima, Masayuki (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fmp), Tomioka, Taeko (Screenwriter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aus), Nakamura, Kichiemon, 1944-2021 (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Iwashita, Shima, 1941- (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Komatsu, Hōsei (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Takita, Yūsuke (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Fujiwara, Kamatari, 1905-1985 (Actor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/act), Narushima, Tōichirō, 1925-1993 (director of photography), Awazu, Kiyoshi, 1929-2009 (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/adi), Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, 1653-1725
Format: Unknown
Language:Japanese
English
Published: Janus Films (The Criterion Collection), 1969
Subjects:
Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, > 1653-1725 > Film adaptations
Drama
Foreign films
Geishas > Japan > Drama
Man-woman relationships > Japan > 18th century > Drama
Motion pictures, Japanese
Suicide > Japan > Drama
Asiatiques
Cinéma japonais
Films étrangers
Théâtre (Genre littéraire)
Asians
Drama (literary genre)
Motion pictures
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Feature films
Fiction films
Films de fiction
Films historiques
Historical films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives

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