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Double Suicide
Double Suicide
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DOUBLE SUICIDE

Shinjû: Ten no amijima

Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Japan, 1969
Drama

Synopsis

In Masahiro Shinoda’s 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.

Synopsis

In Masahiro Shinoda’s 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.