Shinjû: Ten no amijima (1969)

Réalisateur:

Masahiro Shinoda

Scénaristes:

Monzaemon Chikamatsu (play)
Masahiro Shinoda (writer)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

11 février 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

In 18th Century in Japan, the paper merchant Jihei (Kichiemon Nakamura) falls in love for the courtesan Koharu (Shima Iwashita)...

Plot Keywords:

Merchant | Suicide | Prostitute | Breaking The Fourth Wall | Surrealism

Récompenses:

7 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Fascinating Film Deserves To Be Placed Among The Great Ones

Ensemble

Shima Iwashita	...	Koharu and Osan
Kichiemon Nakamura	...	Jihei
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Makoto Akatsuka
Kamatari Fujiwara	...	Owner of the Yamatoya
Jun Hamamura
Sumiko Hidaka
Tokie Hidari	...	Osugi
Yoshi Kato	...	Gosaemon
Shizue Kawarazaki	...	Osan's mother
Hôsei Komatsu	...	Tahei
Yusuke Takita	...	Mogoemon

Réalisé par
Masahiro Shinoda

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Monzaemon Chikamatsu		play
Masahiro Shinoda		writer
Tôru Takemitsu		writer
Taeko Tomioka		writer

Musique originale
Tôru Takemitsu

Image
Toichiro Narushima

Création des décors
Kiyoshi Awazu

Technicien du son
Hideo Nishizaki	....	sound recordist

Companies de production

• Art Theatre Guild
• Hyogensha

Distributeurs

• Toho Company (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Double Suicide

Durée:

142 min | USA:105 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono

Société:

Art Theatre Guild

Connexions De Film:

figure dans Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994)

Fascinating Film Deserves To Be Placed Among The Great Ones

Riveting, highly original production based on a popular 'Bunraku' (theater that uses puppets). Actors assume the roles of the puppets and the viewer can see the puppeteers rearranging sets but remaining silent observers of the action. Everything about this movie spells disaster: the acting is overdone, the sets are unrealistic and the narrative is an obvious morality tale. While these elements normally would sink any movie quickly, director Shinoda turns the alleged deficiencies into the film's greatest strengths. Most of what I've read about the film suggests that almost everybody feels the material creates a distance between the characters and the audience but in my case the opposite was true. Because I was not distracted with trivial things, I was able to focus solely on the main characters. I connected with these people and their problems in a way I rarely do. The strange technique used here proved to be a brilliant way to engage the viewer emotionally. All actors are memorable but Shima Iwashita is clearly the one actor who stands up. It is funny but I did not realize she was playing two characters until the very end; she is that good (or I was too involved with the story that I did not even realize it). Toichiro Narushima's b/w cinematography creates some truly mesmerizing images. In any case, I recommend this one-of-a-kind film to adventurous viewers.