An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).
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Tatsuya Mihashi
Known for
High and Low
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Yōko Tsukasa
Known for
Yojimbo
Samurai Rebellion
Shintarô Ishihara
Masaru Satô
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Eizō Sugawa
Yumi Shirakawa
Known for
Rodan
The Mysterians
Kaneto Shindō
Also in
The Battleship on the Ground
Hymn
Akira Kubo
Known for
Destroy All Monsters
Throne of Blood
Fukuzo Koizumi
Kumi Mizuno
Known for
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The War of the Gargantuas
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Eizō Sugawa Director · Kaneto Shindō Screenplay Shintarō Ishihara Story
United States release February 1, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title 愛と炎と
Production
TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
愛と炎と
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 17, 1961
Theatrical
United States · February 1, 1962
Hollywood, California
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