Your brother throws away his dying girlfriend. You pick up the pieces. Family fun!
Reiji and Takashi, although they are brothers, differ from each other like fire and water - Reiji is an empath, and Takashi will use anybody, to get as far up the social ladder as possible. Soon, Takashi dumps his girlfriend Mie to marry the daughter of a certain businessman. Disgusted with this fact, Reiji starts helping the girl. He's even more indignant when he discovers that Mie is terminally ill. From now on, he does everything to make Mie's last days as good as possible, and repay the family, which humiliated woman so much.
Acting
Saigō's simmering rage against Moritsugu's reptilian charm
Cinematography
Saitō's cramped compositions trapping characters in their choices
Director
Kōichi Saitō
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Nikkatsu's 'borderless action' era, when studio programmers sneaked social criticism into melodramas for younger audiences.
Kōji Moritsugu (Takashi) became iconic as Ultraman Dan — audiences now find his villainy here deliciously jarring.
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