To Love

To Love

1997
1h 54m
5.5

5.5/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One day the two go out, and after some deception, Tsutomu manages to have his way with her. Coming from a broken home, he is frightened by love, so he cruelly allows her to wake up alone. A month passes and a more grown-up Tsutomu returns. The lovers joyously reunite and move in together. All is blissful until both notice a strange sore on Mitsu's arm. The doctors diagnose it as leprosy. Without telling Tsutomu, Mitsu checks into a leper sanitarium. Hanging out with society's pariahs gives her much insight. She discovers the old lepers to be wonderful people. In turn, Mitsu becomes their source of joy and renewed hope. Still, she misses her Tsutomu. One day, the doctors inform her that they erred and that the sore is not leprosy. Happily she heads back to her true love until she realizes with a guilty pang that to return to him would mean unhappiness for her newfound friends

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 愛する
Release Date October 4, 1997
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0118574
Website Visit Site

Cast

Miki Sakai
Miki Sakai

Mitsu Morita

Atsuro Watabe
Atsuro Watabe

Tsutomu Yoshioka

Joe Shishido
Joe Shishido

Chinen

Chieko Matsubara
Chieko Matsubara

Yamagata

Miki Sanjō
Miki Sanjō

Inamura

Tsunehiko Kamijô
Tsunehiko Kamijô

Okuhara

Ken Nishida
Ken Nishida

Nishiyama

Kyôko Kishida
Kyôko Kishida

Taeko Kano

Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi

Kamijo

Moeko Ezawa
Moeko Ezawa

Woman at the apartment

Masumi Okada
Masumi Okada

Professor

Key Crew

Kei Kumai
Director
Kei Kumai
Writer
Yuzo Yamaguchi
Producer

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