Double Suicide
aka Shinjû: Ten no Amijima
Screened in July 2013
Director: Masahiro Shinoda. Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Hôsei Komatsu, Yûsuke Takita, Yoshi Katô, Kamatari Fujiwara, Shizue Kawarazaki, Tokie Hidari. Screenplay: Taeko Tomioka, Masahiro Shinoda, and Tôru Takemitsu (based on the play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu).
Twitter Capsule: Cracking domestic thriller from Japanese New Wave, brilliantly solving quandary of rendering puppet theater on film

Photo © 1969 Hyogensha/Art Theatre Guild
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


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