Film

Love and Death

1971 · 1h 32m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.6

Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the circumstances, they try to not act on their attraction. However, as time goes by, they realise that, perhaps, they cannot be without each other. Will the forbidden love affair move forward and can they finally be with each other?

Komaki Kurihara

Natsuko Nakada

Katsutoshi Atarashi

Yuji Omiya

Tadashi Yokouchi

Susumu Nojima

Chieko Higashiyama

Masao Mishima

Akiko Nomura

Toshie Kimura

Shinobu Tsuruta

Sachiko Shigyo

Junzaburō Ban

Shinsuke Ashida

• Noboru NakamuraDirector
• Taichi YamadaScreenplay
• Kiyoshi ShimazuExecutive Producer
• Saburo MutoExecutive Producer
• Hiroshi TakemuraDirector of Photography
• Katsuhisa HattoriOriginal Music Composer

Release date

June 5, 1971

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama, Romance