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The Heart (1955 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Heart
| image =
| director = Kon Ichikawa
| producer = Masayuki Takagi
| writer =
| starring =
| cinematography =
| editing = Masanori Tsujii
| music =
| studio = Nikkatsu
| distributor = Nikkatsu
| released =
| runtime = 122 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
}}
is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on the 1914 novel 'Kokoro' by Natsume Sseki.
Plot
Student Hioki befriends an elder man, Nobuchi, and his wife Shizu, who live a reclusive life in their Tokyo home. A shadow of the past hangs over the couple in the shape of a long deceased friend, Kaji, whose grave Nobuchi regularly visits. Nobuchi slowly opens up to Hioki, who sees in him his tutor and addresses him as "sensei", explaining his distrust in people with his relatives' past attempt to withhold him of his share of his parents' inheritance. Hioki travels back to his hometown in the countryside, where his father is in a critical condition. Nobuchi writes a long letter to Hioki, his "testament", in which he recounts his friendship to Kaji, which he ultimately betrayed over their mutual love for Shizu, resulting in Kaji's suicide. When Hioki receives the letter, he hurries to Nobuchi's home, only to learn that Nobuchi has taken his own life.
Cast
* Masayuki Mori Nobuchi, called "sensei"
* Michiyo Aratama Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
* Tatsuya Mihashi Kaji
* Shji Yasui Hioki
* Tanie Kitabayashi Hioki's mother
* Akiko Tamura Widow
* Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru Hioki's father
* Tsutomu Shimomoto Hioki's elder brother
* Masami Shimoj Broker
* Akira Hisamatsu Travelling monk
* Tomoko Naraoka Kume
* Zenji Yamada Nobuchi's uncle
* Keiji Itami Kaji's father
* Kiyoshi Kamoda Doctor
References
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