To Love

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

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 4, 1997

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Cast

Ken Nishida,Tsunehiko Kamijô,Keiju Kobayashi,Masumi Okada,Joe Shishido,Atsuro Watabe,Chieko Matsubara,Miki Sanjō,Moeko Ezawa,Miki Sakaiand 1 more

Director

Kei Kumai

Writer

Shūsaku Endō,Kei Kumai

Producer

Yuzo Yamaguchi

Cinematography

Masao Tochizawa

Music

Teizō Matsumura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0118574