To celebrate the completion of the latest Cinema Kabuki work The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, a special premiere screening will be held at MOVIX Kyoto.
This is a special screening event with a stage greeting by Nakamura Ganjiro and Nakamura Ichitaro.
Ganjiro, who performed as Tokubei alongside his father Sakata Fujujuro's Ohatsu and also provided editorial cooperation for the Cinema Kabuki version, will join Ichitaro, who plays both Ohatsu and Tokubei roles in the Minamiza performance "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Story." Together, they will discuss the appeal of "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki," the revival of this work by the second Nakamura Ganjiro, and the artistic inheritance spanning four generations beginning with the Living National Treasure, the fourth Sakata Fujujuro.
Ahead of the nationwide release, experience this representative work of Kamigata Kabuki in Kyoto this spring!
Cinema Kabuki The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Premiere Screening with Stage Greeting
Date and Time:
Monday, March 23rd, 6:40 PM screening - Pre-screening stage greeting (scheduled)
*Screening begins after the stage greeting concludes
Venue:
MOVIX Kyoto (400 Sakuranomachi, Shinkyogoku Sanjo Sagaru, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture)
Speakers (Honorifics Omitted):
Nakamura Ganjiro (Tokubei in Cinema Kabuki The Love Suicides at Sonezaki)
Nakamura Ichitaro (Performer in Minamiza production "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Story")
Noriko Kameoka (MC)
Ticket Prices:
General ¥2,500 / Student/Child ¥1,500
*Cinema Kabuki The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Mubichike Card and "Monthly Kabuki" 2026 Mubichike Card accepted
Ticket Sale Date:
Saturday, February 21st, 10:00 AM onwards
Available at MOVIX Kyoto Official Website and MOVIX Kyoto Theater Box Office
For inquiries regarding ticket sales:
MOVIX Kyoto Inquiry Desk: 050-6861-3011
*Operator transfer available from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
For event and sales details, please visit the Cinema Kabuki official website:
https://www.shochiku.co.jp/cinemakabuki/news/3229
Cinema Kabuki The Love Suicides at Sonezaki
Release Date: Friday, April 10th, 2026
Admission: General ¥2,500, Student/Child ¥1,500 / Mubichike ¥2,200 (all prices include tax)
Original Work: Monzaemon Chikamatsu
Adaptation/Direction: Nobuo Uno
Cast: Fujujuro Sakata, Ganjiro Nakamura, Takesaburo Bando, Kinko Matsumoto, Kikaku Nakamura, Shikan Nakamura, Gato Kataoka
(Recorded from the April 2009 Kabukiza Theater performance)
Synopsis
Ohatsu, a courtesan, and Tokubei, a merchant, are deeply in love.
However, Tokubei is betrayed by a friend who swindles the money he was supposed to return to his uncle. With his honor wounded and in despair, Tokubei is still believed by Ohatsu.
When Ohatsu hides under the porch where Tokubei is concealed and asks, "Tell me your resolve to die...", questioning his determination to prove his innocence by risking his life, Tokubei signals his "decision to die." To be together in the afterlife, the two head to Sonezaki Forest under cover of night.
