Double Suicide is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel

Name: Double Suicide
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1969
Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yūsuke Takita, Kamatari Fujiwara

Double Suicide (1969)Drama, RomanceRating 58/100

Many films have drawn from classic Japanese theatrical forms, but none with such shocking cinematic effect as director Masahiro Shinoda’s DOUBLE SUICIDE. In this striking adaptation of a Bunraku puppet play (featuring the music of famed composer Toru Takemitsu), a paper merchant sacrifices family, fortune, and ultimately life for his erotic obsession with a prostitute.

Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yūsuke Takita, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshi Katō, Shizue Kawarazaki

Director: Masahiro Shinoda

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