The Legend of Love & Sincerity: Conclusion

1976 1h 29m JA

Synopsis

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Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ai Saotome
Ryu Kano
Toshio Shiba
Yoshirō Uchida
Susan
Takayuki Senda
Mari Shiraki
Arihiro Fujimura

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hideo Nanbu
Writers: Fumio Ishimori, Hideo Nanbu, Shigeyuki Yamane
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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50 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Ai Saotome and Ryu Kano and Toshio Shiba carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1703009 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hideo Nanbu directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
250 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Ai Saotome and Ryu Kano and Toshio Shiba carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1703009 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.