The Heart
- Year:
- 1955
- 120 min
- 31 Views
Nikkatsu Productions
KOKORO:
From the novel by NATS UME Soseki
Produced by TAKAGI Masayuki
Screenplay by INOMATA Katsuhito
and HASEBE Keiji
Cinematography by ITO Takeo
Music by OKI Masao
Cast
Nobuchi ("Sensei") - MORI Masayuki
Shizu, Nobuchi's wife -
ARATAMA Michiyo
Kaji - MIHASHI Tatsuya
Hioki Jiro - YAS UI Shoji
Hioki's mother - KITABAYASHI Tanie
Hioki's father - TS URUMARU Mutsuhiko
Hioki's brother - SHIMOMOTO Tsutomu
Employment agent - SHIMOJO Masami
Kume, the maid - NARAOKA Tomoko
Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon
April, 45th Year of the Meiji Era (1912)
Shizu?
Aren't you coming?
No, I'm not. You go by yourself.
I'll stay here.
But the maid's here.
You're still angry, aren't you?
It was my fault.
Come on, get changed
and we'll go together.
Why don't you wear
that new obi belt you bought?
Don't mess up the drawer.
This one?
Aren't you going to change, my dear?
I'll go just as I am, I always do.
You're still hiding something from me,
I know.
That's enough! Don't be ridiculous...
You don't like being seen
with me at your side.
Shizu... stop it.
But... what else am I supposed to think?
Stop talking like this.
There is no other woman.
Then why shouldn't I accompany you
to Kaji's grave?
But I just asked you to come!
No!
You don't really want me to.
Shizu, you misunderstand me.
Please, just go alone.
Idiot! It's not what you're thinking!
KAJI:
Died - 23rd October 1897
Sensei!
Have you been following me?
Your wife said that I'd find you here.
Did my wife tell you
whose grave I was visiting?
No...
I actually wanted to borrow
some books, sir.
For my graduation thesis.
I see. You can borrow
whatever you need.
Thank you very much.
- Is your family tomb here, sir?
- No.
- Then whose grave is it? A relative's?
- No.
It's my friend's grave.
- And you visit it every month?
- That's right.
There are so many different kinds
of graves here. It's interesting...
Perhaps I could come with you
next time you visit. I like it here.
I prefer to come alone.
I don't even bring my wife.
Listen, Hioki, you've probably never
thought seriously about death.
What was my wife doing?
She was watering the plants.
I see...
Shall we go for a beer?
- Do you drink, sir?
- I haven't had one for a while.
It's just nearby.
Beer...
Two beers, please.
Sorry, sorry.
Why is it you call round
to see me so often?
There's no particular reason.
- Would you prefer I didn't?
- No, not at all.
I'm a lonely person.
So I'm always happy to see you.
I was just interested in your reasons
for visiting.
But why, sir?
- How old are you?
- Twenty-three.
Do you feel lonely at times, then?
I never feel lonely.
Then why do you come calling
at my house?
See?
But coming round to my house
won't make you feel any less lonely.
But I respect your knowledge, sir.
Why do you respect me
as your "sensei"?
I'm a wretched man.
What a day!
Did you not have a pleasant day?
I had an argument with my wife.
With your wife?
She showed no sign of it.
She misunderstands me.
How does she misunderstand you, sir?
After we argued, I shouldn't have
walked out like I did.
She's the only woman in this world
I've ever known.
I can't think of any other women
apart from my wife.
And my wife...
she thinks the same about me.
We ought to be
the happiest couple in the world.
Ought to be? That means you're not?
- Do we look it?
- Yes...
Funny, isn't it?
Well... I ought to get back home
to my wife.
I have to go, too.
No, stay, please.
I'll leave some money.
Oh... you wanted to borrow
some books, didn't you?
No... Well, it doesn't
have to be today, sir.
Very well.
Extra!
Extra!
NOBUCHI:
I'm afraid these editions
aren't that recent.
Thank you, sir.
I don't know how much that author
will help you in your thesis.
He's certainly quite eclectic,
but his own ideas
are pretty much half-conceived.
His writing is full of quotations
from other people.
Do you know him, Sensei?
Yes, I knew him when he was a student.
- You must be hungry, Hioki.
- Please don't go to any trouble.
I'm sure he'd prefer a beer.
I heard you both went for a drink
recently. You should go more often.
You should come along next time,
a drink would do you good.
Oh, not for me, I can't drink at all.
I'm just glad it makes you feel good.
Not always, it doesn't.
I'm sure the odd drink of an evening
would do you no harm.
- That wouldn't do.
- Go on. You wouldn't feel so lonely.
Drinking alcohol doesn't
necessarily lead to a good time.
Kume? Kume!
Go and buy me that news extra.
There's nothing wrong
with Sensei's health, is there?
No, he's absolutely fine.
He never gets ill.
You're always to be found here, sir,
thinking and studying,
yet you don't go out to work at all?
I'm not qualified to do anything
out there in the world of work.
Why not? You know so much.
He wasn't like that in his younger days.
- When was that?
- In his student days.
You've known him
since your student days?
We've been married for 13 years.
I would have loved to have children.
- Shall we adopt one?
- An adopted one? No!
- We'll never have children.
- Please, dear...
Sensei, why not?
Divine retribution, that's why.
MORNING NEWS DIGEST:
"Emperor Meiji Seriously lll"
Your father has kidney trouble,
doesn't he?
Yes, for a long time now.
When an illness seems to have abated,
that's the most critical time.
Sensei... why do you treat
your wife like that?
I just haven't grown up.
There's been another thief
in the neighbourhood.
And Kume has toothache.
I wondered why she had
such a face on her!
I've told her to go to the dentist
but she won't. So I'm taking her.
Nice to see you, Hioki.
She's an unhappy woman.
She has only me to depend on,
that's why.
- Dinner's almost ready.
- I'm going to visit my sensei.
Again?
Why do you go round there so often?
What about your graduation thesis?
Sensei is out.
I'll be looking after his place.
Isn't his wife there?
There've been thieves in the area,
and she's afraid on her own.
Oh, really?
She must be very beautiful, his wife.
That's not the reason!
- You must be bored.
- No.
I keep thinking about the thief,
so I'm on edge... not bored.
Help yourself to any of the books.
Does your husband often
go out in the evenings?
No, hardly ever.
Of late, he's taken a dislike
to meeting anybody.
- Apart from you, of course.
- No, myself included.
- That's not true.
- Why?
Because he loves his wife,
You're a typical scholar,
all wrapped up in your theories.
Shall I make some tea?
You've gone all silent on me.
You'd only scold me
about my "theories".
Not at all...
- Go on.
- I'll ask you then...
How much do you love your husband?
Why do you have to ask me
such questions?
How many, one lump or two?
You know before... when I asked him
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