Elegy of the North
Reiko, a young woman with a physical disability, begins a clandestine affair with the married architect Katsuragi, but also becomes dangerously obsessed with his unfaithful wife, Akiko.
Reiko, a young woman with a physical disability, begins a clandestine affair with the married architect Katsuragi, but also becomes dangerously obsessed with his unfaithful wife, Akiko.
Yoshiko Kuga
Reiko Hyodo
Masayuki Mori
Setsuo Katsuragi
Mieko Takamine
Akiko Katsuragi
Akira Ishihama
Mikio Hisada
Fumio Watanabe
Tatsumi Furuse
Tatsuo Saitō
Reiko's father
Kumeko Urabe
Grandma
Zeko Nakamura
Proprietor of the Daphne
Sanae Takasugi
Mrs. Tanioka
Reiko, a young woman with a physical disability, begins a clandestine affair with the married architect Katsuragi, but also becomes dangerously obsessed with his unfaithful wife, Akiko.
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