The Heart (1955 film)

Student Hioki befriends an elder man, Nobuchi, and his wife Shizu, who live a reclusive life in their Tokyo home. A shadow of the past hangs over the couple in the shape of a long deceased friend, Kaji, whose grave Nobuchi regularly visits. Nobuchi slowly opens up to Hioki, who sees in him his tutor and addresses him as "sensei", explaining his distrust in people with his relatives' past attempt to withhold him of his share of his parents' inheritance. Hioki travels back to his hometown in the countryside, where his father is in a critical condition. Nobuchi writes a long letter to Hioki, his "testament", in which he recounts his friendship to Kaji, which he ultimately betrayed over their mutual love for Shizu, resulting in Kaji's suicide. When Hioki receives the letter, he hurries to Nobuchi's home, only to learn that Nobuchi has taken his own life.

• Masayuki Mori – Nobuchi, called "sensei"
• Michiyo Aratama – Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
• Tatsuya Mihashi – Kaji
• Shōji Yasui – Hioki
• Tanie Kitabayashi – Hioki's mother
• Akiko Tamura – Widow
• Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru – Hioki's father
• Tsutomu Shimomoto – Hioki's elder brother
• Masami Shimojō – Broker
• Akira Hisamatsu – Travelling monk
• Tomoko Naraoka – Kume
• Zenji Yamada – Nobuchi's uncle
• Keiji Itami – Kaji's father
• Kiyoshi Kamoda – Doctor

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