Writer

Monzaemon Chikamatsu

Active years (films on this site)
1958–1986
Genres
Drama
Schools and movements
Japanese Golden AgeJapanese New Wave

Directors worked with

Tadashi Imai1 filmMasahiro Shinoda1 film

Biography

Chikamatsu Monzaemon , real name Sugimori Nobumori , was a Japanese dramatist of jōruri, the form of puppet theater that later came to be known as bunraku, and the live-actor drama, kabuki. The Encyclopædia Britannica has written that he is "widely regarded as the greatest Japanese dramatist." His most famous plays deal with double-suicides of honor-bound lovers. Of his puppet plays, around 70 are jidaimono (時代物), and 24 are sewamono (世話物). The domestic plays are today considered the core of his artistic achievement, particularly works such as The Courier for Hell (1711) and The Love Suicides at Amijima (1721). His histories are viewed less positively, though The Battles of Coxinga (1715) remains praised.

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2 films on this site

  1. Night Drum 1958 · Tadashi Imai · IMDb 7.3 · Writer
  2. Gonza the Spearman 1986 · Masahiro Shinoda · IMDb 7.0 · Writer