The Legend of Love & Sincerity

The Legend of Love & Sincerity

89 mins | July 13, 1974

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?

The Legend of Love & Sincerity

89 mins | July 13, 1974

The Legend of Love & Sincerity
Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd., Geiei Production
Original title 愛と誠
Directors Shigeyuki Yamane
Writers Fumio Ishimori, Takumi Nagayasu, Ikki Kajiwara, Shigeyuki Yamane

Cast

Hideki Saijô

as Makoto

Ai Saotome

as Ai

Akira Oda

as Hino

Daiki Sakagami

as Sanpei

Yōko Minami

as Kiyoko

Mihoko Nakagawa

as Mayumi

Mizuho Suzuki

as Ai's father

Masako Arisawa

as Ai's mother

Chikako Shin

as Kae

Hachiro Misumi

as Nishida

Masami Naka

as Iwashimizu

Kenji Takaoka

as Shiroyama