The Parting

Original title: 別離の歌

Duration: 93 min

Release date: 1960-05-10

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A university boxing captain struggles between love and ambition as he secretly longs for a woman promised to another. When betrayal and heartbreak push him toward a professional career, loyalty and sacrifice draw him back—ending in a fight against gangsters, a lost championship, and a tearful farewell to youth.

Romance Drama

別離の歌

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Hiroshi Mizuhara

Hiroshi Mizuhara

as Hiroshi Nakahara (University boxing club member)

Tadao Takashima

Tadao Takashima

as Shuichi Nomoto (Aoi Construction engineer)

as Genzo Toyama (President of Aoi Construction, Yuki’s father)

as Midori Yoneyama (Yuki’s friend)

as Akemi (Jockey Club waitress)

as Yuji Osawa (Boxing club manager)

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

as Sono Toyama (Genzo’s wife)

as Masayuki Toyama

as Fusako (Waitress)

as Yoshiko (Waitress)

Yasushi Inayoshi

Yasushi Inayoshi

as Shirakawa (Seihoku University boxing club member)

as Sayama (Seihoku University boxing club member)

as Murayama (Seihoku University boxing club member)

as Suzuki (Seihoku University boxing club member)

as Ōta (Jōnan University boxing club member)

as Yoshida (Jōnan University boxing club member)

as Takakura (Jōnan University boxing club member)

as Nakano (Jōnan University boxing club member)

as Professional scout

as Yuki’s friend 1

as Yuki’s friend 2

Utako Shibusawa

Utako Shibusawa

as Yuki’s friend 3

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Shôjirô Sugimoto

Shôjirô Sugimoto

Director of Photography

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