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.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Masao Ōki
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Takeo Itō and Kumenobu Fujioka
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Natsume SōsekiNovel
- Katsuhito InomataScreenplay
- Keiji HasebeScreenplay
- Original title
- こころ
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 31, 1955
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Production
Cast
Masayuki MoriNobuchi
Michiyo AratamaShizu, Nobuchi's wife
Tatsuya MihashiKaji
Shōji YasuiHioki Jiro
Tanie KitabayashiHioki's mother
Akiko TamuraShizu's mother- Mutsuhiko TsurumaruHioki's father
Tsutomu ShimomotoHioki's elder brother
Masami ShimojōEmployment agent
Tomoko NaraokaKume, the maid- Akira HisamatsuTravelling monk
Zenji YamadaNobuchi's uncle- Keiji ItamiKaji's father
- Kiyoshi KamodaDoctor
Nobuo KawakamiUndertaker- Kaoru YamamotoLady of the lodgings
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