The Long Darkness

The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino, a waitress supporting her impoverished relatives. The couple decides to marry despite the significant emotional and social hardships each faces, viewing their love as a means to overcome the shame and despair inherited from their pasts.

• Kei KumaiDirector
• Kei KumaiWriter
• Keiji HasebeWriter
• Teizō MatsumuraOriginal Music Composer

• Komaki KuriharaShino
• Gō KatōTetsuro
• Yasushi NagataTetsuro's father
• Hisako TakihanaTetsuro's mother
• Kinzō ShinShino's father
• Kaneko IwasakiKayo
• Kayoko OnishiSayako
• Hisashi IgawaTetsuro's brother
• Kin SugaiWellwisher on train
• Toshie KimuraOkami
• Karin YamaguchiAya
• Yuriko AbeShino's mother