The Crucified Lovers (1954)
- Original title
- 近松物語
- Directed by
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- +13
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 153 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A married woman and a clerk in her husband's business fall in love and run away together. Their escape leads them into danger and hardship in feudal Japan.
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What happens
The Crucified Lovers (Japanese: 近松物語, Hepburn: Chikamatsu Monogatari), also titled A Story from Chikamatsu, is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's 1715 bunraku play Daikyōji mukashi goyomi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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