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The Heart

7.019552h MovieDrama

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.

DirectorKon Ichikawa
WritersKeiji Hasebe·Katsuhito Inomata
ProducerMasayuki Takagi

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Streaming in 1 other country

The Heart isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Japan. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Kon Ichikawa

MMMasayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
Nobuchi
MAMichiyo Aratama
Michiyo Aratama
Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
TMTatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Kaji
SYShōji Yasui
Shōji Yasui
Hioki Jiro
TKTanie Kitabayashi
Tanie Kitabayashi
Hioki's mother
ATAkiko Tamura
Akiko Tamura
Shizu's mother
MT
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Hioki's father
TSTsutomu Shimomoto
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Hioki's elder brother
MSMasami Shimojō
Masami Shimojō
Employment agent
TNTomoko Naraoka
Tomoko Naraoka
Kume, the maid
AH
Akira Hisamatsu
Travelling monk
ZYZenji Yamada
Zenji Yamada
Nobuchi's uncle

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