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Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)

Genre : Crime, Drama

Runtime : 1H 52M

Director : Yasuzō Masumura
Writer : Yoshio Shirasaka, Yasuzō Masumura

Synopsis

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous people took undue advantage of these changes before the social order was re-created. In this story, a rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him. Then he sets his henchmen on the clerk to administer a beating.

Actors

Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji
Ryûdô Uzaki
Ryûdô Uzaki
Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa
Sachiko Hidari
Sachiko Hidari
Isao Hashimoto
Isao Hashimoto
Shigeo Katô
Shigeo Katô
Gen Kimura
Gen Kimura
Jun Haichi
Jun Haichi
Sachiko Meguro
Sachiko Meguro
Kazuyo Aoki
Kazuyo Aoki
Yûko Chiba
Yûko Chiba
Ren Yamamoto
Ren Yamamoto

Crews

Yasuzō Masumura
Yasuzō Masumura
Director
Ryûdô Uzaki
Ryûdô Uzaki
Original Music Composer
Yoshio Shirasaka
Yoshio Shirasaka
Screenplay
Yasuzō Masumura
Yasuzō Masumura
Screenplay
Setsuo Kobayashi
Setsuo Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Katsuhiko Sato
Katsuhiko Sato
Lighting Technician
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
Shigeo Mano
Shigeo Mano
Art Direction
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Story

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