Movielogr
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
Directed by Tadashi Imai
Overview
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.
Length 133 minutes
Actors
Shinjirô Ehara | Hitomi Nakahara | Eiji Okada | Isao Kimura | Yoshi Katô | Seiji Miyaguchi | Eijirô Tôno | Kaoru Kusuda | Toshiko Kobayashi | Mayumi Fujisato | Haruko Toda | Makiko Kitashiro | Michiko Araki | Teruko Kishi | Teruko Nagaoka | Jiro Takagi | Kappei Matsumoto | Takashi Kanda | Junji Masuda | Zenpei Saga | Hyo Kitazawa | Yoshio Inaba | Zeko Nakamura | Shin Tonomura | Fusatarô Ishijima | Koji Kiyomura | Junkichi Orimoto | Ryuichi Nagashima | Masahiko Naruse | Takashi Sue | Shusuke Sone | Tamotsu Suzuki | Ryoji Kasumi | Hiroshi Tomono | Kunie Tanaka | Tetsuo Uematsu | Sue Mitobe | Aiko Wada | Fujie Satsuki | Sachi Shindô | Yuko Hinoki | Kaoru Nakano | Midori Yamamoto | Kyoko Takahashi | Makiko Hiraoka | Mutsuko Masaki | Akiko Ishibashi | Toshie Kobayashi | Kazue Tagami | Ryo Ohigashi | Akira Katayama | Rô Ose | Hisashi Igawa | Shôji Ôki | Sumio Takatsu | Minoru Hodaka | Tokio Kozuka | Kôshirô Harada | Sakae Umezu | Hirotaka Ono | Kosaku Okano | Katsutaro Moriyama | Yoshihisa Kamo