JAPAN · 1955

The Heart

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age maternal custody wartime separation adoption parental conflict identity and belonging
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Synopsis

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.

Year1955
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
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