His most famous plays deal with the tragedy of honour bound passionate lovers. With Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa.
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him. Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective wife, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models.
The screenplay is skillfully worked from the original story, which depends a lot of some pretty unlikely coincidences.Looking for something to watch? Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News … With Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa. This excellent inventive … With Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiko Yukishiro. Reviews: A Story from Chikamatsu.
Matsutarô Kawaguchi (adaptation), With Rena Komine, Mami Kumagai, Tôru Masuoka, Aya Nakamura.
Directed by Tomu Uchida.
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653 –1725) among the greatest of Japanese dramatists.
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #949. Its also a terrific story, based originally on a story from the great Japanese 17th Century playwright Monzaemon Chikamatsu (hence the Japanese name, A Tale from Chikamatsu). In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and affection - only for her to give up everything for her beloved's glory. Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto.
Movies. This film was near the end of a wonderful sequence of films made near the end of his life by Mizoguchi. A seasoned geisha and her apprentice maiko are forced to give in to their clients' sexual advances to survive.
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Criterion Collection: A Story from Chikamatsu | Blu-ray Review 24 April 2010 | GyatsoLa Criterion Collection: A Story from Chikamatsu | Blu-ray Review - IMDb Menu Help Center Contributor Zone Polls. However, a transparent forgery paired with a preposterous accusation will force the pair to escape from the printer's unwelcome Kyoto household, seeking refuge in 17th-century Osaka's inhospitable streets. As Tony Raines says in the DVD extra for the Masters of Cinema edition this was a studio project that he was not wholly enthusiastic about. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. Now, amid scandalous and disquieting rumours--and constantly under threat--Mohei and Osan seem to fight a lost battle. Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Writer: Chikamatsu monogatari. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. Community.