The Story of Pure Love

The Story of Pure Love (1957)

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Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.

Director: Tadashi Imai
Writer: Yōko Mizuki

Casts

	Shinjirō Ehara as Kantaro Hayakawa
	Hitomi Nakahara as Mitsuko Miyauchi
	Eiji Okada as
	Isao Kimura as Segawa Hospital doctor
	Yoshi Katō as
	Seiji Miyaguchi as
	Eijirō Tōno as
	Kaoru Kusuda as
	Toshiko Kobayashi as
	Mayumi Fujisato as
	Haruko Toda as Tanaka's mother
	Makiko Kitashiro as
	Michiko Araki as Segawa Hospital nurse
	Teruko Kishi as
	Teruko Nagaoka as
	Jiro Takagi as
	Kappei Matsumoto as
	Takashi Kanda as
	Junji Masuda as Hospital doctor
	Zenpei Saga as
	Hyo Kitazawa as Hospital doctor
	Yoshio Inaba as
	Zeko Nakamura as
	Shin Tonomura as
	Fusatarō Ishijima as
	Koji Kiyomura as
	Junkichi Orimoto as Detective A
	Ryuichi Nagashima as
	Masahiko Naruse as
	Takashi Sue as
	Hidesuke Sone as Middle-aged man
	Tamotsu Suzuki as Heart En
	Ryoji Kasumi as
	Hiroshi Tomono as Sugi
	Kunie Tanaka as Satoyan
	Tetsuo Uematsu as Densuke
	Sue Mitobe as
	Aiko Wada as
	Fujie Satsuki as
	Kyoko Shinobazu as
	Yuko Hinoki as
	Kaoru Nakano as
	Midori Yamamoto as
	Kyoko Takahashi as Hospital nurse
	Makiko Hiraoka as Yoriko
	Mutsuko Masaki as
	Akiko Ishibashi as
	Toshie Kobayashi as Tokiko
	Kazue Tagami as Kimie
	Ryō Daitō as
	Akira Katayama as Hospital doctor
	Rō Ose as Tanaka
	Hisashi Igawa as Goro
	Shōji Ōki as
	Sumio Takatsu as
	Minoru Hodaka as
	Tokio Kozuka as
	Kōshirō Harada as
	Sakae Umezu as Detective B
	Hirotaka Ono as
	Kosaku Okano as
	Katsutaro Moriyama as
	Yoshihisa Kamo as

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