Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. Based on Gabriel García Márquez's One hundred years of solitude. 880-04 Yamazaki Tsutomu, Ogawa Mayumi, Harada Yoshio.
Summary:
"... director Shuji Terayama (who died before this movie was released) has woven a spell of magic and social reprobation around the forbidden love of two cousins. Su-e (Mayumi Ogawa) and her cousin Sutekichi (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a descendant of one of the village clans, live together but have been forbidden by her father to have sexual contact. Like other villagers, he believes that if cousins have children together, the children will suffer serious birth defects. His remedy is to make Su-e wear a large, ugly chastity belt. Unable to take the ridicule of his fellow villagers, Sutekichi stabs the head of the clan to death and then runs away with Su-e. After some time elapses, the two make their way back to the village, but by then Sutekichi is suffering the effects of his actions."--Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi, viewed August 25, 2014 at the New York times movies website.
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