Love for an Idiot

Love for an Idiot

1967•1h 32m•6.0/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

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6.0/10(14)

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.

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Production

Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Michiyo Yasuda

Michiyo Yasuda

Naomi

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Jôji Kawai

Masakazu Tamura

Masakazu Tamura

Nobuo

Isao Kuraishi

Isao Kuraishi

Kumagaia

Sachiko Murase

Sachiko Murase

Sumie

Yuka Konno

Yuka Konno

Marie

Tamae Kiyokawa

Tamae Kiyokawa

Masako

Yūzō Hayakawa

Yūzō Hayakawa

Namikawa

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Doctor Hanamura

Tetsuya Watanabe

Yūji Moriya

Shin Minatsu

Daigo Inoue

Michiko Sudo

Noriko Hodaka

Noriko Hodaka

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