Film

Elegy

1976 · 1h 33m · Romance · Drama

In Hokkaido, Kunigama. Reiko (Akagi) met Katsura, on a quiet and lonely late autumn evening, before the harsh and fierce winter was to come. Reiko was 21 years old, working for a small mobile theater troupe. She knew from the beginning that Katsura had a wife and children. Katsura's relationship with Reiko, half openly and half secretly, was partly due to and partly an excuse for his wife, Akiko (Kusabi),'s infidelity. Reiko was always honest with her heart. She became friends with Katsura's daughter and even made friends with Akiko.

Kumiko Akiyoshi

Reiko Ando

Tatsuya Nakadai

Setsuo Katsuragi

Mitsuko Kusabue

Akiko Katsuragi

Ken Tanaka

Mikio Hisada

Takenori Murano

Tatsumi Furuse

Kō Nishimura

Nobuhisa Hyodo

Yoko Minakaze

Norimi Tanioka

Hisao Dazai

Coffee shop owner

Yoshie Chikamatsu

Tome

• Yoshisuke KawasakiDirector
• Toshiro IdeWriter
• Yasuko HaradaNovel
• Masakatsu KanekoProducer
• Ryu YasutakeProducer
• Hiroshi MuraiDirector of Photography
• Sachiko YamajiEditor

Release date

February 11, 1976

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Romance, Drama