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Double Suicide(1969)
Status: Released
Date: 1969-05-24
70%
52 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Double Suicide
Top 10 Billed Cast
二代目 中村吉右衛門
Jihei
岩下志麻
Koharu and Osan
小松方正
Tahei
滝田裕介
Mogoemon
藤原釜足
Owner of the Yamatoya
加藤嘉
Gosaemon
河原崎しづ江
Osan's Mother
左時枝
Osugi
日高澄子
Proprietress
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1969-05-24
Average
7
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
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Languages:
日本語
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