Romance ·Drama · Japan · 1960 · 1h 33m

The Parting

別離の歌

Director

Cast

Hiroshi Mizuhara as Hiroshi Nakahara (University boxing club member) Kumi Mizuno as Yuki Toyama Tadao Takashima as Shuichi Nomoto (Aoi Construction engineer) Ken Mitsuda as Genzo Toyama (President of Aoi Construction, Yuki’s father) Fumie Noguchi as Midori Yoneyama (Yuki’s friend) Kyōko Anzai as Akemi (Jockey Club waitress)

Crew

Shôjirô Sugimoto — Director of Photography Chizuru Hirose — Editor Hajime Arai — Screenplay

Synopsis

A university boxing captain struggles between love and ambition as he secretly longs for a woman promised to another. When betrayal and heartbreak push him toward a professional career, loyalty and sacrifice draw him back—ending in a fight against gangsters, a lost championship, and a tearful farewell to youth.

Key Collaborators

Shunkai Mizuho Director Shôjirô Sugimoto Director of Photography Chizuru Hirose Editor Hajime Arai Screenplay

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