Master filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi directed this tale of star-crossed lovers, based on a puppet play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Set in 1693 during a period of rigid feudal hierarchy and strict social customs, the film begins at the estate of a miserly scroll maker named Ishun (Eitaro Shindo). While Ishun busies himself by harassing a comely worker named Otama (Yoko Minamida), Ishun's wife, Osan (Kyoko Kagawa), is approached by her ne'er-do-well brother, Doki, who needs money. Knowing there is no way that Ishun will agree to the ...
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Master filmmaker Kenji Mizoguchi directed this tale of star-crossed lovers, based on a puppet play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Set in 1693 during a period of rigid feudal hierarchy and strict social customs, the film begins at the estate of a miserly scroll maker named Ishun (Eitaro Shindo). While Ishun busies himself by harassing a comely worker named Otama (Yoko Minamida), Ishun's wife, Osan (Kyoko Kagawa), is approached by her ne'er-do-well brother, Doki, who needs money. Knowing there is no way that Ishun will agree to the loan, Osan turns to Mohei (Kazuo Hasegawa), Ishun's most trusted clerk, for help, and he agrees to use his master's seal to allocate the funds. Caught in the act, he confesses without implicating Osan. Ishun cruelly beats and humiliates his employee, and locks him in the grain storeroom. A series of mistakes and misunderstandings lead Ishun to believe that his wife and his clerk are having an illicit affair. Mohei flees and Osan leaves soon thereafter, confirming Ishun's suspicions. The two escape first to Osaka and then to the mountains around Lake Biwa, traveling first as lady and servant and later as lovers. Jonathan Crow, Rovi
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