Double Suicide (1969)
Original title: 心中天網島
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Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
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Kichiemon Nakamura IIJihei
Shima IwashitaKoharu and Osan
Hōsei KomatsuTahei
Yūsuke TakitaMogoemon
Kamatari FujiwaraOwner of the Yamatoya
Yoshi KatōGosaemon
Shizue KawarazakiOsan's mother
Tokie HidariOsugi
Sumiko HidakaProprietressTakashi SueStore OwnerMasashi MakitaGuest
Makoto AkatsukaSangoroMovie DNA
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Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
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Double Suicide has a runtime of 105 minutes.
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