1957-10-15
133 mins
The Plot
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
Cast and Crew
Shinjirō Ehara
Kantaro Hayakawa
Hitomi Nakahara
Mitsuko Miyauchi
Eiji Okada
Isao Kimura
Segawa Hospital doctor
Yoshi Katō
Seiji Miyaguchi
Eijirō Tōno
Kaoru Kusuda
Toshiko Kobayashi
Mayumi Fujisato
Haruko Toda
Tanaka's mother
Makiko Kitashiro
Michiko Araki
Segawa Hospital nurse
Teruko Kishi
Teruko Nagaoka
Jiro Takagi
Kappei Matsumoto
Takashi Kanda
Junji Masuda
Hospital doctor
Zenpei Saga
Hyo Kitazawa
Hospital doctor
Yoshio Inaba
Zeko Nakamura
Shin Tonomura
Fusatarō Ishijima
Koji Kiyomura
Junkichi Orimoto
Detective A
Ryuichi Nagashima
Masahiko Naruse
Takashi Sue
Hidesuke Sone
Middle-aged man
Tamotsu Suzuki
Heart En
Ryoji Kasumi
Hiroshi Tomono
Sugi
Kunie Tanaka
Satoyan
Tetsuo Uematsu
Densuke
Sue Mitobe
Aiko Wada
Fujie Satsuki
Sachi Shindō
Yuko Hinoki
Kaoru Nakano
Midori Yamamoto
Kyoko Takahashi
Hospital nurse
Makiko Hiraoka
Yoriko
Mutsuko Masaki
Akiko Ishibashi
Toshie Kobayashi
Tokiko
Kazue Tagami
Kimie
Ryō Daitō
Akira Katayama
Hospital doctor
Rō Ose
Tanaka
Hisashi Igawa
Goro
Shōji Ōki
Sumio Takatsu
Minoru Hodaka
Tokio Kozuka
Kōshirō Harada
Sakae Umezu
Detective B
Hirotaka Ono
Kosaku Okano
Katsutaro Moriyama