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In Tokyo, two young people, Morito and Kesa, from the ordinary families fall in love, but wealthy business man, Wataru, forces Morito to leave and then marries Kesa. 3 years later, Morito comes back to Tokyo and wants to seize back everything he lost.
It’s a drama. The tone is despairing and desperate. Comparative films: Unfaithful
This story is adapted from Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s short novel Kesa and Morito(1918). It’s a historical story about the infatuation of a palace guard for a married court lady, told in two monologues, first by the guard, Morito, and then by the lady, Kesa. Akutagawa probes the complex motives of both Morito and Kesa.