Lovers' Suicide
Picture Credit: Sugata Haruka & Setouchi Miya
English Title: Lovers' Suicide -Love in Yamatoji-
Japanese Title: 心中 －恋の大和路ー
Romanized Title: Shinjuu -Koi no Yamatoji-
Troupe: Star
Year: 1982
Performances: Bow Hall, 10/30 - 11/14
Based On: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's Meido no Hikyaku (The Courier for Hades)
Author/Director: Suganuma Jun
Composer: Yoshizaki Kenji, Hashimoto Kazuaki
Choreographer: Matsumoto Shoume
Assistant Choreographer: Matsumoto Yuri
Available on DVD: No
| Role | Cast | ||
| Kameya Chuubei (master of the Kameya, a courier store) | Setouchi Miya | ||
| Umegawa (courtesan of the Tsuchiya in the red light district) | Sugata Haruka | ||
| Tanbaya Hachiemon (Chuubei's friend) | Mine Saori | ||
| Yohei (sales clerk of the Kameya) | Yamashiro Haruka | ||
| Kamon Tayuu (courtesan of the Tsuchiya) | Kiryuu Noboru | ||
| Myoukan (Chuubei's mother) / Magoemon (Chuubei's real father) | Awaji Michiko | ||
| Osei (mistress of the Tsuchiya) | Konohana Sakuya | ||
| Ihei (Kameya head clerk) / Chuuzaburou (Chuubei’s friend) | Ritsu Tomomi | ||
| Fujiya (retired official, staying at the inn) | Hiro Yuri | ||
| Marujuu (puppeteer, staying at the inn) | Itsuki Chihiro | ||
| Otatsu (brothel madam) / Okane (servant) | Fuji Kyouko | ||
| Mozuya (pilgrim, staying at the inn) | Sumi Natsuko | ||
| Narutose (courtesan) | Kojou Reika | ||
| Shimaya (candy maker, staying at the inn) | Taka Mario | ||
| Oman (Kameya servant) | Houjou Sayuri | ||
| Chiyosei (courtesan) | Akishino Miho | ||
| Santa (Kameya shop boy) | Natsumi You | ||
| Kadoya (singer/beggar, staying at the inn) | Katsumi Hiroshi | ||
| Iseya (pilgrim, staying at the inn) | Takase Mia | ||
| Jinnai (young samurai) | Fubuki Hitomi | ||
| Shousuke (Kameya shop boy) | Shion Yuu | ||
| Comedian | Mio Hajime | ||
Other Cast: Mine Saori, Hayabusa Ren, Kaai Moto, Shima Yuuka, Koei Kanako, Sanjou Rei
WARNING!! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!
CONTENT WARNING(S):
Romanticizing suicide/death
Chuubei is a young master of a courier service. He is in love with Umegawa, an indentured courtesan. However, he cannot pay off her contract, and she will soon be sent away to a rich man in the country. In despair, he takes money entrusted to his business and opens the seal. The penalty for stealing money is death, and his friends try to talk him out of it. But he is resolute, and pays off Umegawa’s contract. When she learns the truth, Umegawa offers to die then and there. Chuubei argues that they should stay alive, as dying is easy, and they can do it at any time. The two set flee the city, heading for Yamatoji. Chuubei hopes to find his real father and get them aid.
On the road, they evade their pursuers. Chuubei’s friend Hachiemon is also after them, determined to help them. In the end, the exhausted couple finds awful rumours have come ahead of them. Chuubei’s father gives Umegawa what small money he has, saying he doesn’t want for them to die, but will have no more to do with them. Just as their pursuers catch up, Hachiemon reaches them. He talks the pursuers out of following, because it is certain that the two will die in the cold snows that they have headed into....
- Lovers' Suicide was first performed by Star Troupe in 1979, with Setouchi Miya and Haruka Kurara as the leads. It has had several revivals since then: 1982 (Star), 1989 (Moon), 1998-1999 (Snow), 2014 (Snow), and 2022 (Snow).
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