The Heart

Overview

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.

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

Top cast

Masayuki Mori

Nobuchi

Michiyo Aratama

Shizu, Nobuchi's wife

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kaji

Shōji Yasui

Hioki Jiro

Tanie Kitabayashi

Hioki's mother

Akiko Tamura

Shizu's mother

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Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

Hioki's father

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Hioki's elder brother

Masami Shimojō

Employment agent

Tomoko Naraoka

Kume, the maid

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Akira Hisamatsu

Travelling monk

Zenji Yamada

Nobuchi's uncle

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Keiji Itami

Kaji's father

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Kiyoshi Kamoda

Doctor

Nobuo Kawakami

Undertaker

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Kaoru Yamamoto

Lady of the lodgings

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