Movie Description
曽根崎心中
(1978)Overview
Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous people took undue advantage of these changes before the social order was re-created. In this story, a rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him. Then he sets his henchmen on the clerk to administer a beating.
Featured Crew
Cast
O-Hatsu
Tokubei
Kyuemon
O-Sai
Kuheiji
Kichibei
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Facts
Original Title曽根崎心中
Status Released
Release Information
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1978-04-29
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 52m
Production CompaniesArt Theatre Guild
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
