THE HEART (1955)

The Heart
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The Heart
Drama
August 31, 1955
Japanese
2h 0m
Japan
Nikkatsu Corporation

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.

Cast & Characters

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

Crew

Kon Ichikawa

Director

Keiji Hasebe

Screenplay

Masao Oki

Original Music Composer

Yasushi Akutagawa

Original Music Composer

Takeo Itō

Director of Photography