Bonds of Love

Mystery · 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.

Starring

Shigekazu Ikuno, Mari Sono, Kenjiro Hirose, Makoto Fujita, Takashi Tsuboshima, Takashi Tsuboshima, Chisako Hara, Ume Takeda, Yuka Yoshida

Director

Takashi Tsuboshima