Shinobugawa depicts the emerging love of a student, identified only as "I", for a young waitress named Shino.
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Title: The Long Darkness (1972)
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Gô Katô | ... | Tetsuro |
| Komaki Kurihara | ... | Shino | |
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Yasushi Nagata | ... | Tetsuro's father |
| Kinzô Shin | ... | Shino's father | |
| Kaneko Iwasaki | ... | Kayo - short-sighted sister | |
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Hisako Takihana | ... | Tetsuro's mother |
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Yûsuke Takita | ... | Yukifusa Kimura |
| Hisashi Igawa | ... | Tetsuro's elder brother | |
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Yasushi Kachi | ... | Fumiya |
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Karin Yamaguchi | ... | Aya |
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Kin Sugai | ... | Wellwisher on train |
| Toshie Kimura | ... | Okami | |
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Katsue Nitta | ||
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Ikuko Tani | ||
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Mayumi Katayama | ... | Mika |
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Kei Kumai, Japan's greatest director, is, sadly, virtually unknown in the United States. I have seen four of his films: Sandakan 8, Death Of A Tea Master, Shinobugawa, and Deep River. They are all amazing and wonderful, but to me the greatest is Shinobugawa. It is the story of a young man and a young woman who, despite suffering and tragedy, find their way to each other. Kumai tells the story with such sensitivity and intelligence and emotion that I was moved to the very depths of my soul. The music by Teizo Matsumura is perfect. It is a great tragedy that not one of Kei Kumai's movies is available on video. I can only hope that this great man's genius will soon be recognized and his films will be made available.