The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (1981 film)


The Love Suicides at Sonezaki is a 1981 near life-size Bunraku puppet film based on Chikamatsu's sewamono The Love Suicides at Sonezaki. Director Midori Kurisaki convinced Living National Treasure puppeteers Tamao Yoshida and Minosuke Yoshida to let her take their puppets outdoors for live action filming outside the traditional Bunraku theatre - the first time anyone had filmed such a performance in outdoor scenery.