Double Suicide (1969 film)

Double Suicide
Directed byMasahiro Shinoda
Written byTaeko Tomioka
Tōru Takemitsu
Produced byMasahiro Shinoda
Masayuki Nakajima
StarringKichiemon Nakamura
Shima Iwashita
Hosei Komatsu
Yusuke Takita
Kamatari Fujiwara
CinematographyToichiro Narushima
Music byTōru Takemitsu
Color processBlack and White
Distributed byToho Company
Release dates
  • 24 May 1969 (1969-05-24) (Japan)
  • 11 February 1970 (1970-02-11) (U.S.)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Double Suicide (心中天網島, Shinjū Ten no Amijima) is a 1969 Japanese historical drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It is based on the 1721 bunraku (traditional puppet theatre) play The Love Suicides at Amijima by Monzaemon Chikamatsu.