The Story of Pure Love
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.
Cast
Shinjirô Ehara
Kantaro HayakawaHitomi Nakahara
Mitsuko MiyauchiEiji Okada
Isao Kimura
Segawa Hospital doctorYoshi Katō
Seiji Miyaguchi
Eijirō Tōno
Toshiko Kobayashi
Mayumi Fujisato
Michiko Araki
Segawa Hospital nurseTeruko Kishi
Teruko Nagaoka
Takashi Kanda
Zenpei Saga
Hyo Kitazawa
Hospital doctorYoshio Inaba
Zeko Nakamura
Junkichi Orimoto
Detective AKunie Tanaka
SatoyanTetsuo Uematsu
DensukeAkira Katayama
Hospital doctorRō Ose
TanakaHisashi Igawa
GoroMinoru Hodaka
Sakae Umezu
Detective B