A young student falls for an invalid girl whom he can only see from afar.
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kuniko
Keiko Tsushima
Kiyoko Nonomiya
Teiji Takahashi
Keiichi Yajima
Akira Ishihama
Hiroshi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tôru Shimura
Keiko Awaji
Midori
Hitomi Nozoe
Fujio Suga
Hachirô Sakamoto
Koreya Senda
Yûzô Ariga
Chieko Higashiyama
Ichi
Crew
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Screenplay
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Popular Reviews
5 reviews
Hrsbrgr
8.0★ · 12/11/25
It’s weird to think there was a time when Japanese movies were so normal. While it felt heavily westernized, it portrayed the dichotomy of life and death and the whole idea of “the haves” and “have nots” quite well. It was almost like A Walk To Remember meets A Christmas Carol
It’s weird to think there was a time when Japanese movies were so normal. While it felt heavily westernized, it portrayed the dichotomy of life and death and the whole idea of “the haves” and “have nots” quite well. It was almost like A Walk To Remember meets A Christmas Carol