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Double Suicide

Double Suicide

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 24, 1969

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

70%

Original Title

心中天網島

Production Companies

hyogensha, Art Theatre Guild

Director

Masahiro Shinoda

Description

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.