Double Suicide Movie Review 1969

From a play by Monzarmon Chikamatsu, a tragic drama about a poor salesman in 18th century Japan who falls in love with a geisha and ruins his family and himself trying to requite the hopeless passion. Stylish with Iwashita turning in a wonderful dual performance. In Japanese with subtitles.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Suicide, Sex & Sexuality

Screenplay

Masahiro Shinoda, Toru Takemitsu, Taeko Tomioka

Cast

Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Yusuke Takita, Hosei Komatsu

Cinematography

Toichiro Narushima

Director

Masahiro Shinoda

Music

Toru Takemitsu

Producer

Masahiro Shinoda