The Heart
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.
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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
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Hioki's father
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Hioki's elder brother
Masami Shimojō
Employment agent
Tomoko Naraoka
Kume, the maid
Akira Hisamatsu
Travelling monk
Zenji Yamada
Nobuchi's uncle
Keiji Itami
Kaji's father
Kiyoshi Kamoda
Doctor
Nobuo Kawakami
Undertaker
Kaoru Yamamoto
Lady of the lodgings
Crew
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