The Wind Cannot Read
6.1
“LOVE THAT WAS FORBIDDEN . . . but could not be denied!”
A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They start a romance, but she is regarded as the enemy and is not accepted by his countrymen.
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Cast
25 people
Dirk Bogarde
Flight Lieutenant Michael Quinn
Known for
A Bridge Too Far
Death in Venice
Yoko Tani
Sabbi
Known for
The Silent Star
Ralph Thomas
Richard Mason
Betty E. Box
Also in
Flying Machines
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
Betty E Box
John Fraser
Peter Munroe
Known for
Repulsion
El Cid
Ernest Steward
Earl St John
Anthony Bushell
Brigadier
Known for
A Night to Remember
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Earl St. John
Marne Maitland
Bahadur
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
Roma
Ralph Thomas Director · Richard Mason Author Ernest Steward Cinematographer
United States release November 11, 1958 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
The Rank Organisation
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 10, 1958
Theatrical
United States · November 11, 1958
San Francisco International Film Festival
Belgium
August 13, 1965 · Gent
Denmark
July 14, 1958
Finland
March 13, 1959
France
December 1, 2005
Germany
November 10, 1959 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 29, 1958
Japan
November 29, 1958
Mexico
October 12, 1960
Netherlands
February 20, 1959
Portugal
September 10, 1992 · TV premiere
South Africa
November 28, 1958 · Johannesburg
Sweden
September 29, 1958
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