
The Story of Pure Love
2 hours 13 minutes1957-10-15
6.8
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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.
Cast

Shinjirō Ehara
Kantaro Hayakawa

Hitomi Nakahara
Mitsuko Miyauchi

Eiji Okada

Isao Kimura
Segawa Hospital doctor

Yoshi Katō

Seiji Miyaguchi

Eijirō Tōno

Kaoru Kusuda

Toshiko Kobayashi

Mayumi Fujisato

Haruko Toda
Tanaka's mother

Makiko Kitashiro

Michiko Araki
Segawa Hospital nurse

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Nagaoka

Jiro Takagi

Kappei Matsumoto

Takashi Kanda

Junji Masuda
Hospital doctor

Zenpei Saga

Hyo Kitazawa
Hospital doctor

Yoshio Inaba

Zeko Nakamura

Shin Tonomura

Fusatarō Ishijima

Koji Kiyomura

Junkichi Orimoto
Detective A

Ryuichi Nagashima

Masahiko Naruse

Takashi Sue

Hidesuke Sone
Middle-aged man

Tamotsu Suzuki
Heart En

Ryoji Kasumi

Hiroshi Tomono
Sugi

Kunie Tanaka
Satoyan

Tetsuo Uematsu
Densuke

Sue Mitobe

Aiko Wada

Fujie Satsuki

Sachi Shindō

Yuko Hinoki

Kaoru Nakano

Midori Yamamoto

Kyoko Takahashi
Hospital nurse

Makiko Hiraoka
Yoriko

Mutsuko Masaki

Akiko Ishibashi

Toshie Kobayashi
Tokiko

Kazue Tagami
Kimie

Ryō Daitō

Akira Katayama
Hospital doctor

Rō Ose
Tanaka

Hisashi Igawa
Goro

Shōji Ōki

Sumio Takatsu

Minoru Hodaka

Tokio Kozuka

Kōshirō Harada

Sakae Umezu
Detective B

Hirotaka Ono

Kosaku Okano

Katsutaro Moriyama
