Written by Yoshikata Yoda, Matsutaro Kawaguchi and Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Starring Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Yoko Minamida and Eitaro Shindo
Japan, 1954
In feudal Japan, a scroll-making apprentice finds himself on the run with his miserly boss’s wife when they’re mistakenly accused of adultery, a crime punishable by crucifixion. On the lam, the two fall in love for real.
This movie has a Criterion release but unfortunately I watched a DVD-R from the days before Criterion and it appeared to be a recording of a VHS version. So, the sound was bad, the image was bad, but I still gave it a fair chance. I’ll have to watch it again some time under better circumstances because it appeared to have beautiful cinematography. The story itself was entertaining, although so soap opera-esque in the first act that it was hard to keep things straight every now and then. But, once the soon-to-be lovers are on the run it’s easier to track.
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