The Heart
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In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.
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Masayuki Mori
Nobuchi
Known for
Rashomon
Ugetsu
Michiyo Aratama
Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
Known for
Kwaidan
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Tatsuya Mihashi
Kaji
Known for
High and Low
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Shōji Yasui
Hioki Jiro
Known for
The Burmese Harp
Tanie Kitabayashi
Hioki's mother
Known for
My Neighbor Totoro
Intentions of Murder
Akiko Tamura
Shizu's mother
Also in
Boyhood
Danger Stalks Near
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Hioki's father
Also in
The Inheritance
Akitsu Hot Springs
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Hioki's elder brother
Also in
The Thick-Walled Room
Children of Hiroshima
Masami Shimojō
Employment agent
Known for
Kids Return
Tomoko Naraoka
Kume, the maid
Known for
Ponyo
Akira Hisamatsu
Travelling monk
Known for
Gate of Flesh
Zenji Yamada
Nobuchi's uncle
Known for
A Colt is My Passport
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Kon Ichikawa Director · Keiji Hasebe Screenplay Katsuhito Inomata Screenplay
First release August 31, 1955 · Produced in Japan · Original title こころ
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
こころ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 31, 1955
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No release date listed for United States.
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