# Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)

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**Original title**: *近松物語*
**Runtime**: 102 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Kenji Mizoguchi
**Written by**: Yoshikata Yoda, Matsutarō Kawaguchi
**Starring**: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Eitarō Ozawa, Yōko Minamida, Haruo Tanaka

> *The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A lonely scrollmaker’s wife and his apprentice find romance while on the run from a scandal that starts with an accusation and ends in flight. Their newfound love blossoms as quickly as the gossip spreads. The film settles for a tidy moral without straining.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender

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