The Heart (1955)

Name: The Heart
Genre: Drama
Released: 1955-08-31
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Masayuki Mori, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Shōji Yasui, Tanie Kitabayashi

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.

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Released 1955-08-31 · 120 min · Drama

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

Cast

Masayuki Mori as Nobuchi
Michiyo Aratama as Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
Tatsuya Mihashi as Kaji
Shōji Yasui as Hioki Jiro
Tanie Kitabayashi as Hioki's mother
Akiko Tamura as Shizu's mother
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru as Hioki's father
Tsutomu Shimomoto as Hioki's elder brother
Masami Shimojō as Employment agent
Tomoko Naraoka as Kume, the maid
Akira Hisamatsu as Travelling monk
Zenji Yamada as Nobuchi's uncle
Keiji Itami as Kaji's father
Kiyoshi Kamoda as Doctor
Nobuo Kawakami as Undertaker