Shinoda, who has died aged 94, was one of the leading figures in 1960s Japanese cinema, whose taste for artifice and experimentation led to some of the New Wave’s most striking films.

The sanctuary is the setting for the 18th-century bunraku (traditional Japanese puppet theatre) play ‘Sonezaki Shinju’ by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, which features a pair of star-crossed lovers who ...