{"product_id":"a-story-from-chikamatsu-the-criterion-collection-dvd","title":"A Story from Chikamatsu (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]","description":"One of a string of late-career masterworks made by Kenji Mizoguchi in the early 1950s, A Story from Chikamatsu (a.k.a. The Crucified Lovers) is an exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his apprentice after each is unfairly accused of wrongdoing. Bound by fate in an illicit, star-crossed romance, they go on the run in search of refuge from the punishment prescribed them: death. Shot in gorgeous, painterly style by master cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, this subtly sensuous indictment of societal oppression was heralded by Akira Kurosawa as a great masterpiece that could only have been made by Mizoguchi.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B07GGSB3YH\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B07GGSB3YH.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kazuo Hasegawa|Kyoko Kagawa|Kenji Mizoguchi\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41424952393786,"sku":"DBV.B07GGSB3YH.A","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-story-from-chikamatsu-the-criterion-collection-dvd","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}