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The Heart 1955 こころ

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Nikkatsu Corporation
Release Date 31 August 1955
120 mins
Cast
Michiyo Aratama Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
Shōji Yasui Hioki Jiro
Tanie Kitabayashi Hioki's mother
Akiko Tamura Shizu's mother
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru Hioki's father
Tsutomu Shimomoto Hioki's elder brother
Masami Shimojō Employment agent
Tomoko Naraoka Kume, the maid
Akira Hisamatsu Travelling monk
Zenji Yamada Nobuchi's uncle
Keiji Itami Kaji's father
Nobuo Kawakami Undertaker
Kaoru Yamamoto Lady of the lodgings