Shinjū ten no Amijima [translated: Double suicide]
Hyōgensha, Nihon Āto Shiatā Girudo; seisaku Nakajima Masayuki, Shinoda Masahiro; gensaku Chikamatsu Monzaemon; kyakushoku Tomioka Taeko, Takemitsu Tōru, Shinoda Masahiro; kantoku Shinoda Masahiro
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- Created or produced in 1969
- Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2000
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- Summary:
- In this stylized dramatization of the puppet theater play, Jihei abandons business, family and self respect for a passionate love affair with a geisha whose freedom he cannot afford. As the world closes in upon him, he finds his only course of action to be death together with the lover he is unable to obtain in life.
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- Language Notes:
- Japanese language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Shinjū ten no Amijima [by Chikamatsu, M.]
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- Alternate Titles:
- Title translation: Double suicide
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- System Details:
- DVD.
- Performers:
- Cast: Nakamura Kichiemon, Iwashita Shima, Takita Yūsuke, Komatsu Hōsei, Fujiwara Kamatari.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Narushima Tōichirō ; music, Takemitsu Tōru.
- General Notes:
- Based on: Shinjū ten no Amijima / Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- DOU 1969 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780023293
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 037429149621
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: DOU040 - OCLC Numbers:
- 1053009432
45949628 [Invalid]
