Movie

Chikamatsu Monogatari

1954 · 102 min

A grave, slow-burning tragedy of doomed love, where quiet social cruelty and rigid duty press down until tenderness becomes heartbreaking.

Tagline: The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.
Overview: When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Love, betrayal, class, morality
Content: Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
class
morality
fate
Places: big city
countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild