近松門左衛門

No século XVII, esposa de um rico avarento vive insatisfeita e frustrada, e quando precisa de dinheiro para ajudar o irmão, recorre a um dos empreg...

24 de jun. de 2024

The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with B...

15 de jan. de 1986

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.

23 de mai. de 1992

24 de mai. de 1969

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially g...

15 de abr. de 1958

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence o...

29 de abr. de 1978

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his fa...

19 de fev. de 1957

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money fr...

13 de set. de 1959

Starting with director Gosha Hideo's version in 1992, the puppet theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon has been made into a film on countless occasions. ...

23 de mai. de 2009

An adaptation of “The Courier for Hell” (“Meido no Hikyaku”) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725).

02 de jul. de 1980

A bunraku puppet drama of the courtesan Ohatsu and her lover, Tokubei, a soy-sauce merchant whose fortunes have gone awry through the perfidy of a ...

11 de nov. de 1981