Bonds of Love

Bonds of Love (1969)

ThrillerDramaMystery

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

Director: Takashi Tsuboshima

Casts

	Mari Sono as Yukiko Hirai
	Makoto Fujita as Ryohei Suzuki
	Chisako Hara as Sanae Suzuki
	Yuka Yoshida as Mina Suzuki
	Makoto Satō as Kenji Hirai
	Kyū Sazanka as Hamuro
	Kazuya Oguri as General Affairs Section Chief
	Sachio Sakai as Miyata
	Yoshio Katsube as Kaizuka
	Wataru Ōmae as Horikawa
	Akiyoshi Kitaura as Yoshino
	Maki Kawamura as Female Secretary
	Kichijirō Ueda as Politician
	Tonpei Hidari as Caterer
	Naoya Kusakawa as Director
	Someshō Matsumoto as Tonraku Owner
	Takaya Uesugi as Follower (Young Man)
	Haruo Suzuki as Corona Man
	Noriko Sengoku as Tobacco Shop Owner
	Sōji Ubukata as Master of "Elm"
	Hiroshi Sekita as Entrance Ceremony Officer

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