Double Suicide

1969 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 2,698 VOTES · DIR. Masahiro Shinoda

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Overview

Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.

DramaRomance1960s

Dialogue Timeline — 923 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:15 AHyogensha-ATG Production
00:10:32 Did I ever doubtyour love?.
00:15:02 Then doyou want to hear the sound of gold?.
00:18:48 In thisworld, money is everything
00:22:39 But she's a courtesan
00:26:11 She's poor, living in a slum
00:30:01 jihei, the love-sickthief!
00:33:10 Her mother isworried
00:36:29 I don'twant to see her
00:40:14 Shewas crying outside
00:43:44 I didn't come fortea
00:46:41 Hewanted to get her before her clothes disappeared
00:49:35 All right
00:55:20 Why then did you promise?.
00:58:58 jihei can't even redeem a courtesan
01:01:57 She answered she'd giveyou up
01:05:57 Pawn my kimonos. I don't need them
01:09:42 She lectured my man today
01:12:26 Even the baby's kimono!
01:18:57 I'm sorrywhen it's so late
01:22:16 He doesn't know howworried we are
01:28:06 When we're together like this?. No!
01:34:54 was taken away by herfather. We're divorced
01:43:28 THE END

Cast & Characters

Kichiemon Nakamura Jihei Shima Iwashita Koharu Shima Iwashita Osan Shizue Kawarazaki Osan's Mother Tokie Hidari Osugi Sumiko Hidaka Proprietress Yûsuke Takita Magoemon Hôsei Komatsu Tahei Takashi Sue Store Owner Masashi Makita Guest Makoto Akatsuka Sangorô

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed923
Dialogue density8.8 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:43:28

Production Record

DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes2,698