Immortal Love
Immortal Love Bitter Spirit is a 1961 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. It was nominated for the Academy Award for [Best Foreign Language Film]. Masakazu Tamura made his official debut in the film.
Plot
Over a time span of 30 years, the film tells the story of Sadako, who is pressured into a marriage with Heibei, the crippled war veteran son of the local landlord, although she loves Takashi, a young man from the same village. Takashi later marries Tomoko, but neither he nor Sadako can forget their past mutual affection.Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Sadako
- Keiji Sada as Takashi
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Heibei
- Nobuko Otowa as Tomoko, Takashi's wife
- Akira Ishihama as Yutaka, Takashi's son
- Yukiko Fuji as Naoko, Sadako's daughter
- Kiyoshi Nonomura as Rikizo, Takashi's brother
- Yoshi Katō as Sojiro, Sadako's father
- Yasushi Nagata as Heizaemon, Heibei's father
- Torahiko Hamada as Mr. Koshinuma
- Masakazu Tamura as Eiichi, Sadako's son
- Masaya Totsuka as Morito, Sadako's son
- Eijirō Tōno as Policeman