The Long Darkness

A delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric monochrome among Tokyo's decaying lumberyards and the inhospitable snowscapes of the north.

Drama Romance

Komaki Kurihara

(Shino)

Gō Katō

(Tetsuro)

Yasushi Nagata

(Tetsuro's father)

Hisako Takihana

(Tetsuro's mother)

Kinzō Shin

(Shino's father)

Kaneko Iwasaki

(Kayo)

Kayoko Onishi

(Sayako)

Hisashi Igawa

(Tetsuro's brother)

Kin Sugai

(Wellwisher on train)

Toshie Kimura

(Okami)

Karin Yamaguchi

(Aya)

Yuriko Abe

(Shino's mother)

Isao Hashimoto

Ken'ichi Matsuno

Kazuo Tachibana

Shinobu Tsuruta

Wataru Kobayashi

Nobuko Miyamoto

(Tetsuro's other sister)