Bonds of Love

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

• Takashi TsuboshimaWriter
• Takashi TsuboshimaDirector
• Ei OgawaWriter

• Mari SonoYukiko Hirai
• Makoto FujitaRyohei Suzuki
• Chisako HaraSanae Suzuki
• Yuka YoshidaMina Suzuki
• Makoto SatōKenji Hirai
• Kyū SazankaHamuro
• Kazuya OguriGeneral Affairs Section Chief
• Sachio SakaiMiyata
• Yoshio KatsubeKaizuka
• Wataru ŌmaeHorikawa
• Akiyoshi KitauraYoshino
• Maki KawamuraFemale Secretary