

Double Suicide
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
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- Japanese
- dual role
- jidaigeki
- edo period
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JapanJP
- Theatrical24 May 1969
RussiaRU
- Theatrical (limited)Retrospective of Masahiro Shinoda (Saint Petersburg)22 Feb 2016
- Theatrical (limited)Retrospective of Masahiro Shinoda (Moscow)23 Mar 2016
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Double Suicide was released on 24 May 1969.
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talisencrw
9/22/2016
Even though I'm Christian and have always been brought up considering the act of suicide a 'taboo' subject, I have always held great respect for both the Japanese way of doing so to save face, and the thoroughly romantic notion, say, from the likes of 'Romeo and Juliet' (with Shakespeare's writings being probably the cornerstone of Western thought)--so from two completely different cultural perspectives--that a life …
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