Picaresque

Picaresque — Plot

On June 19, 1948, the bodies of Japanese novelist and short-story writer Osamu Dazai and his lover Tomie Yamazaki are found drowned in the Tamagawa Canal in Tokyo. Osamu Dazai previously attempted to take his own life at least three other times. During the post war period, Osamu Dazai's reached the reached the height of his popularity and he became the literary voice for a "lost generation." After their bodies are found people wondered if Tomie Yamazaki was the cause of Osamu Dazai's death.

• Release date
• July 27, 2002
• Runtime
• 133 min
• Director
• Hidehiro Ito

Picaresque — Cast

Kawamura Ryuichi Tamao Sato Tamaki Ogawa Shiro Sano Nae Yuuki Maho Toyota

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Shuji Kishida Ryo Amamiya