Love in Ginza

Hanjiro is a painter living in the Ginza district of Japan, where he shares a small home with a friend who plays jazz in a bar. After deciding to marry his partner, Hisako, Hanjiro struggles to find the funds for a trip home to inform his mother of the engagement. He eventually chooses to sell a portrait of Hisako, putting his artistic values aside for the sake of his relationship. However, tragedy strikes when Hisako is hit by a vehicle while traveling to the station to say goodbye to him.

This romantic drama was produced by Nikkatsu Corporation and released in 1962. It was directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara as the seventh of 14 films he directed, following Mexico Drifter and preceding Black Sun. The screenplay was written by Kei Kumai and Nobuo Yamada. The film has a runtime of 93 minutes.