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Film
The Love Suicides )
About 300 years ago- during the Edo Period in Japan - a young merchant and his courtisan committed a dramatic love suicide in the depths of Sinezaki Forest. The passionate story of the tragic events leading up to the couple's demise quickly became a classic after Chikamatsu Monzaemon, one of Japan's finest playwrights, rendered it for the Bunraku puppettheatre in 1703.
The film version of the Chikamatsu Bunraku drama differs only in its manner of presentation. The scenes from the play are all filmed, not on the puppetstage but in natural locations (Kyoto).
The film has won a number of prizes while on tour both in and outside of Europe.
The director Midori Kurisaki says about the tour in The Japan Times Weekly: The film will be introduced by Birgitta Robinger, Sweden, who has followed the directors work for several years.
Language: Japanese with english subtitles
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