The Heart

Kon Ichikawa
1955-08-31


6.8
120 min

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.

Cast

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