Shinjū ten no Amijima = Double suicide /

心中天網島 = Double suicide /

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