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/10
80 Ratings

THE LONG DARKNESS

Shinobugawa

Directed by Kei Kumai
Japan, 1972
Drama, Romance
  • 120120 minutes

Synopsis

Tetsuro, a handsome but over-age college student, meets Shino, a beautiful but virtuous saki-shop waitress and falls in love with her. The Long Darkness is a long, solemn, ponderous modern love story set in Tokyo and in parts of northern Japan.

Synopsis

Tetsuro, a handsome but over-age college student, meets Shino, a beautiful but virtuous saki-shop waitress and falls in love with her. The Long Darkness is a long, solemn, ponderous modern love story set in Tokyo and in parts of northern Japan.