Lonely Heart (1981 film) explained

Lonely Heart
Director:	Kon Ichikawa
Producer:	Hitoshi Ogura Toshio Sakamoto
Screenplay:	Shinya Hidaka Kon Ichikawa Ikuko Oyabu
Starring:	Yutaka Mizutani Toshiyuki Nagashima Rie Nakahara
Music:	Takahiko Ishikawa Tooru Okada
Cinematography:	Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Editing:	Teruko Tsuchiya
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1981 Japanese mystery film directed by Kon Ichikawa,^{[1] [2]} based upon the 1961 American novel Lady, Lady I Did It in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series.^{[3] [4] [5]} The film stars Yutaka Mizutani, Toshiyuki Nagashima and Rie Nakahara in a police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

Cast

• Yutaka Mizutani
• Toshiyuki Nagashima
• Mitsuko Kusabue
• Akiji Kobayashi
• Fujio Tsuneda
• Rie Nakahara
• Noboru Mitani
• Kei Tani
• Jun Hamamura
• Etsuko Ichihara

Reception

The New York Times said the film is moderately successful but the characterizations lack depth and detail.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Quandt . James . Kon Ichikawa . 2001 . . 0-9682969-3-9 . 429-437.
2. Book: Phillips . Alastair . Stringer . Julian . Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts . 2007 . 149-151 . . 9781134334223.
3. Maslin, Janet. "Kofuku: Japan's 'Lonely Heart'." 18 September 1982. New York Times, The. https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9802E0D8123BF93BA2575AC0A964948260
4. Web site: 幸福. Kinema Junpo. 27 December 2020.
5. Web site: 幸福. Agency for Cultural Affairs. 27 December 2020.
6. Web site: Maslin . Janet . Japan's 'Lonely Heart' . . . 15 July 2024 . 18 September 1982.