Mr. Paul Berczeller writes enthrallingly about this true (?) story that would be perfect for adaptation to a modern kabuki or bunraku play. Love, madness, suicide-- it's got it all. Berczeller himself has made a re-creative documentary about it but never once plugs his own movie by title, even though I wish he had. Wonder how Doug feels about it all now.
Thanks to Robert Brady for the link to this one.