Chikamatsu Monogatari
(1954)
★ 7.8 IMDb · 158 votes
Year: 1954
Runtime: 102 мин
Country: Japan
Director: Кэндзи Мидзогути
Cast: 長谷川一夫, 香川京子, 進藤英太郎, 小沢栄太郎, 南田洋子, 田中春男, 浪花千栄子, Итиро Сугай, 石黒達也, 水野浩
Plot
When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.
To save her brother and the ancestral house from the heavy burden of an unfulfilled debt, Osan--the noble wife of the parsimonious but reputable scroll-maker, Ishun--turns to her husband's kind-hearted employee, Mohei. However, a transparent forgery paired with a preposterous accusation will force the pair to escape from the printer's unwelcome Kyoto household, seeking refuge in 17th-century Osaka's inhospitable streets. Now, amid scandalous and disquieting rumours--and constantly under threat--Mohei and Osan seem to fight a lost battle. What fate awaits the fugitives from Chikamatsu?