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The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow

1948

87 minutes

DramaRomance

Overview

Akiko Hojo, a nurse at Aisei Catholic Hospital, is spending another public holiday at Kotaro Hidaka's house. Hidaka, who is a poor musician suffers from tuberculosis, feels an unbearable love for Akiko, who takes great care of him during his visits. Because of his worries about his illness he doesn't want Akiko to be as unhappy as he is. Akiko loves Hidaka but there was one question. Is it because one side of Akiko has the essence of a woman living in an era when she's alone? Or, maybe it's because she nods to the reality of life...

Top Cast

Hideko Takamine headshot

Hideko Takamine

Akiko Hojo

Ken Uehara headshot

Ken Uehara

Kotaro Hidaka

Masao Wakahara headshot

Masao Wakahara

Tsuyoshi Mitsuda

Jūkichi Uno headshot

Jūkichi Uno

Ishizuka Guard

Haruo Tanaka headshot

Haruo Tanaka

Kitao Omachi

Kumiko Mizuhara headshot

Kumiko Mizuhara

Emiko Nonaka

Tomiko Ochiai headshot

Tomiko Ochiai

Yoshie Tsubaki

Hideko Mimura headshot

Hideko Mimura

Kyoko Inaba

Michiko Kayama headshot

Michiko Kayama

Ikuko Mitsu