The Love Suicides at Sonezaki
MovieTitle | 曽根崎心中 |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Nov 11, 1981 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Midori Kurisaki |
Production country | Japan |
Run time | 87 min. |
A bunraku puppet drama of the courtesan Ohatsu and her lover, Tokubei, a soy-sauce merchant whose fortunes have gone awry through the perfidy of a trusted associate. For Tokubei, suicide is the only honorable act left; for Ohatsu, it is the only emotionally viable one.