Double Suicide

7.0

Genre: Drama Romance
Run time: 105 min
Premiere: 1969. May 24.

Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Toru Takemitsu Masahiro Shinoda Taeko Tomioka Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Starring: Kichiemon Nakamura II Shima Iwashita Hōsei Komatsu Yūsuke Takita

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.

Discover

Kichiemon Nakamura II

Jihei

Shima Iwashita

Koharu / Osan

Hōsei Komatsu

Tahei

Yūsuke Takita

Mogoemon

Kamatari Fujiwara

Owner of the Yamatoya

Yoshi Katō

Gosaemon

Shizue Kawarazaki

Osan's Mother

Tokie Hidari

Osugi

Sumiko Hidaka

Proprietress

Takashi Sue

Store Owner

Masashi Makita

Guest

Makoto Akatsuka

Sangoro

Unko Uehara

Otama

Shinji Tsuchiya

Kantaro

Kaori Tozawa

Osue

Jun Hamamura

Masatsugu Makita

Art

Kiyoshi Awazu

Production Design

Akiyoshi Kanda

Set Decoration

Dai Arakawa

Set Decoration

Camera

Tōichirō Narushima

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yôko Takahashi

Makeup Artist

Kiyoshi Hashimoto

Costume Design

Crew

Hideo Nishizaki

Sound Recordist

Directing

Masahiro Shinoda

Director

Makoto Koizumi

Assistant Director

Masayuki Motomochi

Assistant Director

Shigeyuki Nakano

Assistant Director

Kōhei Oguri

Assistant Director

Production

Masao Katô

Production Manager

Masayuki Nakajima

Producer

Masahiro Shinoda

Producer

Sound

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Akira Suzuki

Sound Effects Editor

Hideo Nishizaki

Sound

Tadao Takai

Sound Effects Editor

Writing

Toru Takemitsu

Writer

Masahiro Shinoda

Writer

Taeko Tomioka

Writer

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Original Story

Art

Kiyoshi Awazu

Production Design

Akiyoshi Kanda

Set Decoration

Dai Arakawa

Set Decoration

Camera

Tōichirō Narushima

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yôko Takahashi

Makeup Artist

Kiyoshi Hashimoto

Costume Design

Crew

Hideo Nishizaki

Sound Recordist

Directing

Masahiro Shinoda

Director

Makoto Koizumi

Assistant Director

Masayuki Motomochi

Assistant Director

Shigeyuki Nakano

Assistant Director

Kōhei Oguri

Assistant Director

Production

Masao Katô

Production Manager

Masayuki Nakajima

Producer

Masahiro Shinoda

Producer

Sound

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Akira Suzuki

Sound Effects Editor

Hideo Nishizaki

Sound

Tadao Takai

Sound Effects Editor

Writing

Toru Takemitsu

Writer

Masahiro Shinoda

Writer

Taeko Tomioka

Writer

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Original Story