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The Lovers' Exile (1980)
“The Lovers’ Exile” is an adaptation of the bunraku masterpiece “The Courier for Hell” (“Meido no Hikyaku”) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725). Gross recruited the top bunraku stars of the day to perform it on a specially constructed stage at Daiei Uzumasa Studios in Kyoto. Among his collaborators were renowned cinematographer Kozo Okazaki (“The Yakuza”) and composer Toru Takemitsu (“Ran”). Gross edited the three-hour play to a 90-minute film, with famed film critic and author Donald Richie supplying the English subtitles. Following its 1980 release, “The Lovers’ Exile” was screened to acclaim at the Edinburgh and Venice Film Festivals, and in 2011 Gross supervised a restoration and digital remastering of the original.
Updated Apr 13 2017
Cast
Tamao Yoshida
Chubei, a clerk
Minosuke Yoshida
Umegawa, a prostitute
Kanjuro Kiritake
Hachiemon, Chubei's friend; Magoemon, Chubei's father
Oritaya Takemoto
Scene I Joruri Reciter
Enza Tsuruzawa
Scene I Samisen Player
Koshijidayu Takemoto
Scene II Jaruri Reciter
Mojidayu Takemoto
Scene III Jaruri Reciter
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Crew
Toru Takemitsu
Music
Toru Takemitsu
Sound Designer
Kôzô Okazaki
Cinematography
Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Writer
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound Recordist
Makoto Kobayashi
Assistant Production Manager
Akira Honma
Sound Recordist
Marty Gross
Director
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