
The Story of Pure Love(1957)
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Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
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Shinjirō Ehara
Kantaro Hayakawa

Hitomi Nakahara
Mitsuko Miyauchi

Eiji Okada

Isao Kimura
Segawa Hospital doctor

Yoshi Katō

Seiji Miyaguchi

Eijirō Tōno
Kaoru Kusuda

Toshiko Kobayashi

Mayumi Fujisato
Haruko Toda
Tanaka's mother
Makiko Kitashiro

Michiko Araki
Segawa Hospital nurse

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Nagaoka
Jiro Takagi
Kappei Matsumoto

Takashi Kanda
Junji Masuda
Hospital doctor

Zenpei Saga

Hyo Kitazawa
Hospital doctor

Yoshio Inaba

Zeko Nakamura
Shin Tonomura
Fusatarō Ishijima
Koji Kiyomura

Junkichi Orimoto
Detective A
Ryuichi Nagashima
Masahiko Naruse
Takashi Sue
Hidesuke Sone
Middle-aged man
Tamotsu Suzuki
Heart En
Ryoji Kasumi
Hiroshi Tomono
Sugi

Kunie Tanaka
Satoyan

Tetsuo Uematsu
Densuke
Sue Mitobe
Aiko Wada
Fujie Satsuki
Sachi Shindō
Yuko Hinoki
Kaoru Nakano
Midori Yamamoto
Kyoko Takahashi
Hospital nurse
Makiko Hiraoka
Yoriko
Mutsuko Masaki
Akiko Ishibashi
Toshie Kobayashi
Tokiko
Kazue Tagami
Kimie
Ryō Daitō

Akira Katayama
Hospital doctor

Rō Ose
Tanaka

Hisashi Igawa
Goro
Shōji Ōki
Sumio Takatsu

Minoru Hodaka
Tokio Kozuka
Kōshirō Harada

Sakae Umezu
Detective B
Hirotaka Ono
Kosaku Okano
Katsutaro Moriyama
Yoshihisa Kamo
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