The Crucified Lovers (1954)

A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)

In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. When Osan is falsely accused of having an affair with the best worker, Mohei, the pair flee the city and declare their love for each other. Ishun orders his men to find them, and separate them to avoid public humiliation.
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Eitarō Ozawa, Yôko Minamida, Haruo Tanaka, Chieko Naniwa, Ichirō Sugai, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Hiroshi Mizuno, Hisao Toake, Kimiko Tachebana, Keiko Koyanagi, Sayako Nakagami, Ikkei Tamaki, Kanae Kobayashi, Sôji Shibata, Tadashi Iwata, Kōichi Katsuragi, Saburo Date, Jun Fujikawa, Sumao Ishihara, Masayoshi Kikuno, Midori Komatsu, Reiko Kongō, Tokio Oki, Shinobu Araki, Ryônosuke Azuma, Shiro Osaki, Fumihiko Yokoyama
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