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Double Suicide (1969) is streaming on Criterion Channel.
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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.
Stylized puppet theater comes alive through hauntingly beautiful, expressionistic shots that turn a tragic romance into a surreal fever dream. This visual feast captures the suffocating pressure of Edo-period social codes as two lovers collide with an inescapable fate.
Director
Masahiro Shinoda
Cast
Kichiemon Nakamura II, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yūsuke Takita, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshi Katō, Shizue Kawarazaki, Tokie Hidari, Sumiko Hidaka, Takashi Sue
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Double Suicide
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Director
Masahiro Shinoda
Cast
Kichiemon Nakamura II, Shima Iwashita, Hōsei Komatsu, Yūsuke Takita, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshi Katō, Shizue Kawarazaki, Tokie Hidari, Sumiko Hidaka, Takashi Sue
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Double Suicide is streaming on Criterion Channel. Availability last verified September 23, 2026.