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The Heart (1973 film)

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Wikipedia article




, also titled 'Love Betrayed', is a 1973 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shind. It is based on the 1914 novel 'Kokoro' by Natsume Sseki.

Cast



* Noboru Matsuhashi as K

* Kazunaga Tsuji as S

* Nobuko Otowa as Mrs. M.

* Anri as I-ko

* Taiji Tonoyama as Father of S

* Yasuo Arakawa as Boy

* Sotomi Kotake as Girl

Literary source



Sseki's novel has been adapted for film and television numerous times, the first time for cinema by Kon Ichikawa in 1955 as 'The Heart'. For his version, writer/director Shind moved the story's Meiji era setting to the 1970s and put his focus only on the novel's third and final part, "Sensei to isho" ("Sensei's testament").

Reception



While Louis Frdric ranked 'The Heart' among Shind's important films, Max Tessier criticised Shind's "leaden directing" and "heavy-handed psychology".

References




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