曽根崎心中 (1978)

Double Suicide of Sonezaki

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous people took undue advantage of these changes before the social order was re-created. In this story, a rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him. Then he sets his henchmen on the clerk to administer a beating.

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曽根崎心中

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Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji
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Ryudo Uzaki
Ryudo Uzaki
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Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
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Sachiko Hidari
Sachiko Hidari
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Isao Hashimoto
Isao Hashimoto
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Shigeo Katô
Shigeo Katô
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Gen Kimura
Gen Kimura
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Jun Haichi
Jun Haichi
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Sachiko Meguro
Sachiko Meguro
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Kazuyo Aoki
Kazuyo Aoki
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Yûko Chiba
Yûko Chiba
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Ren Yamamoto
Ren Yamamoto
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Yasuzō Masumura
Yasuzō Masumura
Director
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Original Story
Ryudo Uzaki
Ryudo Uzaki
Original Music Composer
Katsuhiko Sato
Katsuhiko Sato
Lighting Technician
Yasuzō Masumura
Yasuzō Masumura
Screenplay
Yoshio Shirasaka
Yoshio Shirasaka
Screenplay
Shigeo Mano
Shigeo Mano
Art Direction
Setsuo Kobayashi
Setsuo Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
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