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The Heart (1973)

The Heart poster
Original title
Directed by
Kaneto Shindō
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man befriends an older, solitary scholar in Tokyo. Their connection reveals the scholar's buried guilt and regret over a past betrayal that shaped his life.

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What happens

The Heart (Japanese: 心, Hepburn: Kokoro), also titled Love Betrayed, is a 1973 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. It is based on the 1914 novel Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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