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Monzaemon Chikamatsu

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Monzaemon Chikamatsu is known for A Story from Chikamatsu (1954), Double Suicide (1969) and Love Suicides (2007).
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    Known for

    Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, and Yôko Minamida in A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
    A Story from Chikamatsu
    8.0
    • Writer
    • 1954
    Shima Iwashita and Kichiemon Nakamura in Double Suicide (1969)
    Double Suicide
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 1969
    Love Suicides (2007)
    Love Suicides
    • Writer
    • 2007
    Meiko Kaji in Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)
    Double Suicide of Sonezaki
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 1978

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Amijima
      • play
      • 2016
    • Onna goroshi abura no jigoku (2009)
      Onna goroshi abura no jigoku
      5.1
      • play
      • 2009
    • Love Suicides (2007)
      Love Suicides
      • play
      • 2007
    • Onna goroshi abura no jigoku (1992)
      Onna goroshi abura no jigoku
      6.5
      • play
      • 1992
    • Gonza the Spearman (1986)
      Gonza the Spearman
      7.0
      • play "Yari no Gonza Kasane Katahira"
      • 1986
    • Shinju yoi goshin
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 1984
    • Onna goroshi abura no jigoku
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 1984
    • The Love Suicides at Sonezaki
      6.1
      • play
      • 1980
    • The Lovers' Exile (1980)
      The Lovers' Exile
      6.6
      • play "Meido no Hikyaku"
      • 1980
    • Meiko Kaji in Double Suicide of Sonezaki (1978)
      Double Suicide of Sonezaki
      6.8
      • play
      • 1978
    • Shima Iwashita and Kichiemon Nakamura in Double Suicide (1969)
      Double Suicide
      7.6
      • play
      • 1969
    • Edo bungaku shirîzu: Onna goroshi abura no jigoku
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 1963
    • Onna goroshi abura no jigoku
      TV Movie
      • play
      • 1960
    • Osai gonza: Moyuru koigusa (1960)
      Osai gonza: Moyuru koigusa
      • original work
      • 1960
    • Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
      Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
      7.4
      • play
      • 1959

    Soundtrack

    • Marlon Brando and Miiko Taka in Sayonara (1957)
      Sayonara
      7.0
      • lyrics: "Shinju Tenno Amijima Hashi Zukushi", "Daichoji Zutsumi"
      • music: "Shinju Tenno Amijima Hashi Zukushi", "Daichoji Zutsumi" (uncredited)
      • 1957

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    • Alternative name
      • Sôrinshi Chikamatsu

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