Double Suicide (1969)
- Original title
- 心中天網島
- Directed by
- Masahiro Shinoda
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 59 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A married merchant and a courtesan fall deeply in love but are trapped by social obligations. They decide to escape their impossible situation through a double suicide.
melancholicslow-burntragicvisually stylizedintimatebleakformalemotionally intense
What happens
Double Suicide (Japanese: 心中天網島, Hepburn: Shinjū Ten no Amijima) is a 1969 Japanese historical drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It is based on the 1721 bunraku (traditional puppet theatre) play The Love Suicides at Amijima by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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