The Love Suicides at Sonezaki

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 87 min
  • Premiere: 1981. November 11.

A bunraku puppet drama of the courtesan Ohatsu and her lover, Tokubei, a soy-sauce merchant whose fortunes have gone awry through the perfidy of a trusted associate. For Tokubei, suicide is the only honorable act left; for Ohatsu, it is the only emotionally viable one.

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Art

Masaru Arakawa

Production Design

Toshiharu Kozu

Production Design

Crew

Kazuo Miyagawa

Cinematography

Directing

Writing

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Original Story

Art

Masaru Arakawa

Production Design

Toshiharu Kozu

Production Design

Crew

Kazuo Miyagawa

Cinematography

Directing

Writing

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Original Story