Kokoro ( The Heart )

Kokoro (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Heart
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
121 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kon Ichikawa

Written By:
Keiji Hasebe
Katsuhito Inomata

Actors:
Masayuki Mori ..... Nobuchi
Michiyo Aratama ..... Nobuchi's wife
Tatsuya Mihashi ..... Kaji
Shôji Yasui ..... Hioki
Tanie Kitabayashi ..... Hioki's mother
Akiko Tamura ..... Widow
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru ..... Hioki's father
Tsutomu Shimomoto ..... Hioki's elder brother
Masami Shimojô ..... Broker
Akira Hisamatsu ..... Travelling monk
Tomoko Naraoka ..... Kume
Zenji Yamada ..... Nobuchi's uncle
Keiji Itami ..... Kaji's father
Kiyoshi Kamoda ..... Doctor
Nobuo Kawakami ..... Undertaker

Synopsis:

Kon Ichikawa's rich adaptation of Natsume Soseki's classic novel depicts a complex relationship between a student and an older man he calls "sensei." The older man's relations with his wife seems curiously strained to the student. When the boy goes to the country to tend to his dying father, he learns that "sensei" committed suicide. A letter reveals that the older man never recovered from an incident that occurred during his student days.

Study of the complex relationships between a teacher, his wife, a young student, and the teacher's friend.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 03 June, 2009.

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