Release Date

04 Oct, 1997

Runtime

01:54: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Mitsu works in a factory and has a crush on Tsutomu, a young man she met on the Tokyo streets. One day the two go out, and after some deception, Tsutomu manages to have his way with her. Coming from a broken home, he is frightened by love, so he cruelly allows her to wake up alone. A month passes and a more grown-up Tsutomu returns. The lovers joyously reunite and move in together. All is blissful until both notice a strange sore on Mitsu's arm. The doctors diagnose it as leprosy. Without telling Tsutomu, Mitsu checks into a leper sanitarium. Hanging out with society's pariahs gives her much insight. She discovers the old lepers to be wonderful people. In turn, Mitsu becomes their source of joy and renewed hope. Still, she misses her Tsutomu. One day, the doctors inform her that they erred and that the sore is not leprosy. Happily she heads back to her true love until she realizes with a guilty pang that to return to him would mean unhappiness for her newfound friends

Original Title

愛する

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Actors

酒井美紀

渡部篤郎

宍戸錠

松原智恵子

三條美紀

上條恒彦

西田健

岸田今日子

小林桂樹

絵沢萠子

岡田眞澄

Crew

熊井啓

熊井啓

松村禎三

井上治

遠藤周作

Yuzo Yamaguchi

栃沢正夫

木村威夫