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.
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
Twin brothers Jeeva and Guru are separated in childhood by tragedy and fate. When their paths cross years later—one a humble driving instructor, the other a feared gangster—their identities collide, leading to a tale of revenge, redemption, and the enduring bond of family.
A thief's life changes after he discovers a little girl who claims he is her father, and what follows is violence after a gang hunting for his lookalike closes in on him.
Film: Double Suicide (1969) Director: Masahiro Shinoda Huge thanks to H2O a reader of the excellent blog Nihon Cine Art who compiled a huge collection of ...
Criterion Creeps Ep. 89: Double Suicide
Welcome to the Criterion Creeps podcast. A podcast hosted by two chums (Jarrett and RJ) talking about the Criterion Collection spine by spine in order of ...
Popular movie trailers from 1969
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1969:
A veteran sea captain abducts his niece for what he believes is his last chance at love. As the sad demon of the ocean Klabautermanden watches the passing of doomed ships, the niece awakens in her uncle's cabin.
Dr. Roth, a respected veterinarian and head of a state-owned stud farm, had accepted papers from a man for safekeeping when he was 16 years old, toward the end of the war.
While happily engaged to Rosalia, Tony has the misfortune of falling for a vibrant pilot named Valeria — and that’s just the beginning of his problems.
