Sonezaki Shinjū

Movie

Starring Tōjūrō Sakata IV, Ganjirô Nakamura IV, Shikan Nakamura VIII, Gato Kataoka V

The play is based on a real event that happened in Osaka in 1703. It tells the story of a forbidden love between a clerk Tokubei and a famous courtesan Ohatsu which ended in their suicide.