Bonds of Love

Bonds of Love

98 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 15, 1969

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

Bonds of Love

98 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | Feb. 15, 1969

Bonds of Love
Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 愛のきずな
Directors Takashi Tsuboshima
Writers Ei Ogawa, Seicho Matsumoto, Takashi Tsuboshima

Cast

Mari Sono

as Yukiko Hirai

Makoto Fujita

as Ryohei Suzuki

Chisako Hara

as Sanae Suzuki

Yuka Yoshida

as Mina Suzuki

Makoto Satō

as Kenji Hirai

Kyū Sazanka

as Hamuro

Kazuya Oguri

as General Affairs Section Chief

Sachio Sakai

as Miyata

Yoshio Katsube

as Kaizuka

Wataru Ômae

as Horikawa

Akiyoshi Kitaura

as Yoshino

Maki Kawamura

as Female Secretary

Kichijirô Ueda

as Politician

Tonpei Hidari

as Caterer

Naoya Kusakawa

as Director

Someshô Matsumoto

as Tonraku Owner

Takaya Uesugi

as Follower (Young Man)

Haruo Suzuki

as Corona Man

Noriko Sengoku

as Tobacco Shop Owner

Sôji Ubukata

as Master of "Elm"

Yû Sekita

as Entrance Ceremony Officer