The Lovers' Exile (1980)

Drama

Runtime: 87 minutes

Overview

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

Tamao Yoshida

Chubei, a clerk

Minosuke Yoshida

Umegawa, a prostitute

Kanjuro Kiritake

Hachiemon, Chubei's friend; Magoemon, Chubei's father

Oritaya Takemoto

Scene I Joruri Reciter

Enza Tsuruzawa

Scene I Samisen Player

Koshijidayu Takemoto

Scene II Jaruri Reciter

Seiji Tsuruzawa

Scene II Samisen Player

Mojidayu Takemoto

Scene III Jaruri Reciter

Kishi Nozawa

Scene III Samisen Player