The Heart (1955)
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.
Director:
Kon Ichikawa
Writers:
Katsuhito Inomata, Keiji Hasebe.
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Masayuki Mori as Nobuchi |
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Michiyo Aratama as Shizu, Nobuchi's wife |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as Kaji |
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Shōji Yasui as Hioki Jiro |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as Hioki's mother |
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Akiko Tamura as Shizu's mother |
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Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru as Hioki's father |
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Tsutomu Shimomoto as Hioki's elder brother |
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Masami Shimojō as Employment agent |
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Tomoko Naraoka as Kume, the maid |
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Akira Hisamatsu as Travelling monk |
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Zenji Yamada as Nobuchi's uncle |
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Keiji Itami as Kaji's father |
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Kiyoshi Kamoda as Doctor |
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Nobuo Kawakami as Undertaker |
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Kaoru Yamamoto as Lady of the lodgings |
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Writing | Natsume Sōseki | Novel |
| Production | Masayuki Takagi | Producer |
| Sound | Yasushi Akutagawa | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Masao Oki | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Masanori Tsujii | Editor |
| Writing | Katsuhito Inomata | Screenplay |
| Writing | Keiji Hasebe | Screenplay |
| Art | Kazumi Koike | Art Direction |
| Directing | Toshio Masuda | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Fumio Hashimoto | Sound |
| Camera | Takeo Itō | Director of Photography |