The Story of Pure Love

The Story of Pure Love is set in postwar Japan, a time of social upheaval and economic hardship. It follows two impoverished youths, Mitsuko and Kando, who rebel against a rigid and unforgiving society in their desperate quest to stay together. As societal outcasts, they survive on the margins—living as petty thieves and low-wage laborers, unable to find stability or acceptance. Their love, pure yet tested by relentless adversity, becomes their only refuge. The film powerfully depicts their struggles within Japan’s reformatory system and the growing despair brought on by Mitsuko’s worsening illness, capturing a haunting portrait of love and resistance amid the ruins of a recovering nation.

◎ This film is presented in collaboration with the Kaohsiung Film Festival, the Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association Kaohsiung Office, and the Japan Foundation.