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Nov 23, 1954
102 min
Full-HD

Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.

Kazuo Hasegawa

Mohei

Kyōko Kagawa

Osan

Eitarō Shindō

Ishun

Eitarō Ozawa

Sukeemon

Yōko Minamida

Otama

Haruo Tanaka

Gifuya Dôki

Chieko Naniwa

Okô

Ichirō Sugai

Gembei

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