
The Long Darkness
1972 • 121 minutes
DramaRomance
A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and the inhospitable snowscapes of the north.

Komaki Kurihara
Shino

Gō Katō
Tetsuro
Yasushi Nagata
Tetsuro's father

Hisako Takihana
Tetsuro's mother

Kinzō Shin
Shino's father

Kaneko Iwasaki
Kayo
Kayoko Onishi
Sayako

Hisashi Igawa
Tetsuro's brother

Kin Sugai
Wellwisher on train

Toshie Kimura
Okami

Karin Yamaguchi
Aya
Yuriko Abe
Shino's mother

Isao Hashimoto
Ken'ichi Matsuno
Kazuo Tachibana

Shinobu Tsuruta
Wataru Kobayashi

Nobuko Miyamoto
Tetsuro's other sister