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Double Suicide

7.0/10
TMDB65 votes
1969Original: Japanese105 min

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.

Genres: Drama, Romance
Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yūsuke Takita, Kamatari Fujiwara

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About Double Suicide

Double Suicide (1969) is a film in the drama, romance genres. Directed by Masahiro Shinoda. The cast includes Kichiemon Nakamura II, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yūsuke Takita.

Released
1969-05-24
Original language
Japanese
Runtime
105 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Japan
Production companies
hyogensha, Art Theatre Guild
Writers
Tōru Takemitsu, Masahiro Shinoda, Taeko Tomioka

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Audience reviews

7.0/10 from 65 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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Even though I'm Christian and have always been brought up considering the act of suicide a 'taboo' subject, I have always held great respect for both the Japanese way of doing so to save face, and the thoroughly romantic notion, say, from the likes of 'Romeo and Juliet' (with Shakespeare's writings being probably the cornerstone of Western thought)--so from two completely different cultural perspectives--that a life…

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Even though I'm Christian and have always been brought up considering the act of suicide a 'taboo' subject, I have always held great respect for both the Japanese way of doing so to save face, and the thoroughly romantic notion, say, from the likes of 'Romeo and Juliet' (with Shakespeare's writings being probably the cornerstone of Western thought)--so from two completely different cultural perspectives--that a life without the one you love is not worth living. I had previously only seen two of Masahiro Shinoda's other works for The Criterion Collection--the earlier works 'Pale Flower' and 'Samurai Spy', and I don't know if it was on purpose by the company in selecting the titles, but I marveled at the breathtaking variety of his scripts, all from such a short timespan (1964-69). Being a patron of the theatre (in many different modes) and as anthropologically cosmopolitan in my approach to life as is conceivable, I salute Shinoda with a profound respect, and look forward to investigating as many of his other works as possible.

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What is Double Suicide about?

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.

Who stars in Double Suicide?

Kichiemon Nakamura II, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yūsuke Takita, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshi Katō. See the cast cards above for character names.

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