| Double Suicide | |
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| Directed by | Masahiro Shinoda |
| Produced by | Masahiro Shinoda Masayuki Nakajima |
| Starring | Kichiemon Nakamura Shima Iwashita Hosei Komatsu Yusuke Takita Kamatari Fujiwara |
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu |
| Cinematography | Toichiro Narushima |
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| Running time | 105 min. is a Japanese Film director, married to the actress Shima Iwashita. better known as Shima Iwashita (岩下 志麻 Shima Iwashita, born January 3, 1941, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese Kamatari Fujiwara (藤原釜足 Fujiwara Kamatari, January 15, 1905 - December 21, 1985) was a Japanese Actor WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> was a Japanese Composer and writer on Aesthetics and Music theory Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Double Suicide (心中天網島 Shinjû: Ten no amijima?) is a 1969 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities is a Japanese Film director, married to the actress Shima Iwashita. It is based on the 1721 play The Love Suicides at Amijima by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Love Suicides at Amijima ( Shinjū Ten no Amijima or Shinjūten no Amijima 心中天網島 is a domestic play ( Sewamono) by Japanese Chikamatsu Monzaemon ( Japanese: 近松門左衛門 real name Sugimori Nobumori, 杉森信盛 1653 – 6 January 1725) was a Japanese This play is often performed in the bunraku style (that is, with puppets). also known as Ningyō jōruri (ja 人形浄瑠璃 is a form of traditional Japanese Puppet theater founded in Osaka in 1684 In the film, the story is performed with live actors, but also makes use of Japanese theatrical traditions such as the kuroko (stagehands dressed entirely in black) who invisibly interact with the actors, and the set is non-realist. Kuroko or kurogo (黒子/黒衣 "black person"/"black clothe" are Stagehands in traditional Japanese theatre,
This film was released on DVD in Japanese with English subtitles in Region 1 on 30 January 2001. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.