The Valley Between Love and Death

1954•1h 34m

Drama

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

Language

Status

Released

Release Date

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

No providers available for this region.

Cast

Keiko Tsushima

Aiko Takeuchi

Hiroshi Akutagawa

Kiyoshi Kazami

Nobuko Otowa

Momoyo Imai

Jūkichi Uno

Sutematsu Osawa

Yūnosuke Itō

Dr. Matsumura

Sanae Takasugi

Eiko Mochizuki

Isao Kimura

Kanji Sakata

Bokuzen Hidari

Isao Yamagata

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tetsu Ishida

Sadako Sawamura

Taiji Tonoyama

Kyōko Anzai

Chōko Iida

Fudeko Tanaka

Jun Tatara

Zeko Nakamura

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Hatsuko Wakahara

Yoshio Inaba

Similar Movies

Goodbye Uncle Tom

6.6

1971

Movie

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Goodbye Uncle Tom

1971

6.6

My Man

5.7

1996

Movie

In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps in the foyer of her apartment house; she gives him a hot meal, then a place on the floor to sleep by her radiator, then she offers herself. She falls in love, giving him new life, clothes, a place to live. When he grouses that he must bar hop while she uses the flat for her work, she finds them a larger flat. He grows restless, seducing a manicurist and pressing her to prostitution. He's arrested for procuring, so Marie must decide what to do; he, too, must face the consequences of his choices.

My Man

1996

5.7

To the Sea

6.9

2010

Movie

Before leaving for Rome with his mother, five year old Natan is taken by his father, Jorge, on an epic journey to the pristine Chinchorro reef off the coast of Mexico. As they fish, swim, and sail the turquoise waters of the open sea, Natan discovers the beauty of his Mayan heritage and learns to live in harmony with life above and below the surface, as the bond between father and son grows stronger before their inevitable farewell.

To the Sea

2010

6.9

My Night at Maud's

7.7

1969

Movie

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.

My Night at Maud's

1969

7.7

Sangam

7.3

1964

Movie

An air force pilot, upon returning home from war after being assumed dead, weds the woman he had long loved, unaware that she had been planning to marry his best friend.

Sangam

1964

7.3

Pantaskah Aku Berhijab

6.8

2024

Movie

After enduring an abusive relationship and unexpected pregnancy, Sofi starts a journey of self-discovery in search of happiness and inner peace.

Pantaskah Aku Berhijab

2024

6.8

London Boulevard

5.9

2010

Movie

A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.

London Boulevard

2010

5.9

Empire of Passion

6.8

1978

Movie

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.

Empire of Passion

1978

6.8

I Like It Like That

6.2

1994

Movie

After her husband is arrested for looting, Lisette struggles for independence while dealing with her transgender sibling, her critical mother-in-law and assorted neighborhood eccentrics.

I Like It Like That

1994

6.2

Shree 420

7.5

1955

Movie

The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.

Shree 420

1955

7.5

Two Sons of Francisco

6.8

2005

Movie

The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.

Two Sons of Francisco

2005

6.8

Love and Anger

5.1

1969

Movie

Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front of an apartment building, and to a couple injured in a car crash. A man, stripped of his identity, dies in bed with actors expressing his agony. A cheerful, innocent young man walking a city street in a time of war pays a price for this innocence. A couple talks about cinema while it watches another couple talk of love and truth on the eve of one character's return to Cuba. Striking students take over a university classroom; an argument follows about revolution or incremental change.

Love and Anger

1969

5.1