Chikamatsu Monogatari
Trailer: Chikamatsu Monogatari
Year: 1954
Studio: Daiei Film
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyōko Kagawa, Eitarō Shindō, Eitarō Ozawa, Yōko Minamida, Haruo Tanaka
Crew: Yoshikata Yoda (Screenplay), Masaichi Nagata (Producer), Kenji Mizoguchi (Director), Fumio Hayasaka (Original Music Composer), Tamezō Mochizuki (Original Music Composer), Ken'ichi Okamoto (Gaffer)
Runtime: 102 minutes
Release: Nov 23, 1954
IMDb: 7.80/10 by 158 users
Popularity: 3
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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