Double Suicide

Double Suicide — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 24, 1969
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Masahiro Shinoda

Double Suicide — Cast

Kichiemon Nakamura II Jihei Shima Iwashita Koharu / Osan Hōsei Komatsu Tahei Yūsuke Takita Mogoemon Kamatari Fujiwara Owner of the Yamatoya Yoshi Katō Gosaemon Shizue Kawarazaki Osan's Mother Tokie Hidari Osugi