The Long Darkness (1972)
Overview
The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino, a waitress supporting her impoverished relatives. The couple decides to marry despite the significant emotional and social hardships each faces, viewing their love as a means to overcome the shame and despair inherited from their pasts.
Cast
Komaki Kurihara
Shino
Gō Katō
Tetsuro
Hisako Takihana
Tetsuro's mother
Kinzō Shin
Shino's father
Kaneko Iwasaki
Kayo
Hisashi Igawa
Tetsuro's brother
Kin Sugai
Wellwisher on train
Toshie Kimura
Okami
Karin Yamaguchi
Aya
Isao Hashimoto
Shinobu Tsuruta
Nobuko Miyamoto
Tetsuro's other sisterRecommendations
Not Easily Broken
Even If This Love Disappears Tonight
It Feels So Good
Nine Lives
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between
The Lost Husband
Fire with Fire
The Secret: Dare to Dream
Blind
The Fugitive Kind
Ali and Nino
Maria's Lovers
Newness
On the Edge
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Gabriel's Redemption: Part I
Nobody Has to Know
Sylvie's Love
Life in a Year
Flamingo Road