The tortured heart behind the cultivated image.
When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.
- Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Writers
- Yoshikata Yoda, Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Themes17th centurybankruptcyescapeextramarital affairjapan
