The Story of Pure Love (1957)

Summary

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.

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Cast
Crew

Shinjirô Ehara

as Kantaro Hayakawa
Hitomi Nakahara

as Mitsuko Miyauchi
Eiji Okada

as
Isao Kimura

as Segawa Hospital doctor
Yoshi Katō

as
Seiji Miyaguchi

as
Eijirō Tōno

as
Kaoru Kusuda

as
Toshiko Kobayashi

as
Mayumi Fujisato

as
Haruko Toda

as Tanaka's mother
Makiko Kitashiro

as
Michiko Araki

as Segawa Hospital nurse
Teruko Kishi

as
Teruko Nagaoka

as
Jiro Takagi

as
Kappei Matsumoto

as
Takashi Kanda

as
Junji Masuda

as Hospital doctor
Zenpei Saga

as
Hyo Kitazawa

as Hospital doctor
Yoshio Inaba

as
Zeko Nakamura

as
Shin Tonomura

as
Fusatarō Ishijima

as
Koji Kiyomura

as
Junkichi Orimoto

as Detective A
Ryuichi Nagashima

as
Masahiko Naruse

as
Takashi Sue

as
Hidesuke Sone

as Middle-aged man
Tamotsu Suzuki

as Heart En
Ryoji Kasumi

as
Hiroshi Tomono

as Sugi
Kunie Tanaka

as Satoyan
Tetsuo Uematsu

as Densuke
Sue Mitobe

as
Aiko Wada

as
Fujie Satsuki

as
Sachi Shindô

as
Yuko Hinoki

as
Kaoru Nakano

as
Midori Yamamoto

as
Kyoko Takahashi

as Hospital nurse
Makiko Hiraoka

as Yoriko
Mutsuko Masaki

as
Akiko Ishibashi

as
Toshie Kobayashi

as Tokiko
Kazue Tagami

as Kimie
Ryo Ohigashi

as
Akira Katayama

as Hospital doctor
Rō Ose

as Tanaka
Hisashi Igawa

as Goro
Shōji Ōki

as
Sumio Takatsu

as
Minoru Hodaka

as
Tokio Kozuka

as
Kōshirō Harada

as
Sakae Umezu

as Detective B
Hirotaka Ono

as
Kosaku Okano

as
Katsutaro Moriyama

as
Yoshihisa Kamo

as

Directing	Tadashi Imai	Director
Camera	Shunichirō Nakao	Director of Photography
Lighting	Hideo Motomochi	Lighting Technician
Editing	Yoshiki Nagasawa	Editor
Sound	Masao Oki	Original Music Composer
Sound	Hirokazu Iwata	Sound Recordist
Art	Seigo Shindo	Art Direction
Directing	Satoru Ainoda	Assistant Director
Writing	Yoko Mizuki	Original Story
Writing	Yoko Mizuki	Screenplay