Summary
The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino, a waitress supporting her impoverished relatives. The couple decides to marry despite the significant emotional and social hardships each faces, viewing their love as a means to overcome the shame and despair inherited from their pasts.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
Fingerprint
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.3
Letterboxd · 421 ratings3.7/5
Running time
2 h 1 min
A typical length for dramas, +12 min on the typical 109
typical 109121Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1972
May 25, 1972
54 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 7 more13 people
- Komaki KuriharaShino
- Gō KatōTetsuro
- YNYasushi NagataTetsuro's father
- Hisako TakihanaTetsuro's mother
- Kinzō ShinShino's father
- Kaneko IwasakiKayo
- KOKayoko OnishiSayako
- Hisashi IgawaTetsuro's brother
- Kin SugaiWellwisher on train
- Toshie KimuraOkami
Karin YamaguchiAya- YAYuriko AbeShino's mother
Nobuko MiyamotoTetsuro's other sister
Directing · 1
- Kei Kumai Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- Keiji Hasebe Writer
- Tetsuo Miura Novel
Production · 2
- Masayuki Satō Producer
- Hideyuki Shiino Producer
Camera · 2
- Kiyomi Kuroda Director of Photography
- Takashi Iwai Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Mitsuyo Tanji Editor
Sound · 2
- Teizō Matsumura Original Music Composer
- Mutsutoshi Ota Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Takeo Kimura Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Shizue Inoue Makeup Artist
Lighting · 1
- Ken'ichi Okamoto Gaffer
More like this
Similar
Most like The Long Darkness overall
Nearest on the related map: closest in everything it does to you, not one trait
- The World of Apu (1959)
GoodWatch score 91 - The Crowd (1928)
GoodWatch score 89 - Romería (2025)
GoodWatch score 77 - An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
GoodWatch score 88 - Central Station (1998)
GoodWatch score 86 - All That Heaven Allows (1955)
GoodWatch score 80 - The Misfits (1961)
GoodWatch score 74 - Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
GoodWatch score 59 - So Long, My Son (2019)
GoodWatch score 73 - The Passengers of the Night (2022)
GoodWatch score 73 - When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
GoodWatch score 68 - Close (2022)
GoodWatch score 83 - Driving Madeleine (2022)
GoodWatch score 77 - One True Thing (1998)
GoodWatch score 72 - Wildlife (2018)
GoodWatch score 78 - Impossible Things (2021)
GoodWatch score 79
Same genre
More drama movies
- Shutter Island (2010)
GoodWatch score 72 - Black Swan (2010)
GoodWatch score 81 - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
GoodWatch score 83 - Primal Fear (1996)
GoodWatch score 71 - The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
GoodWatch score 70 - Disturbia (2007)
GoodWatch score 67 - Jack Reacher (2012)
GoodWatch score 58 - The Sting (1973)
GoodWatch score 82