The Lovers
1961, Japanese. Directed by Kaneto Shindō.
Spending time with her boyfriend on a lonely beach, a girl suddenly remembers the Hiroshima bombing of 1945. He, in turn, remembers the 1960 riots against Japan's peace treaty with the USA.
- Runtime
- 0h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 7 May 1961
- Original title
- 恋人
- Written by
- Kaneto Shindō
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The Lovers runs 8 minutes (0h 8m).
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The Lovers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 May 1961. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Lovers?
The Lovers (1961) was directed by Kaneto Shindō and stars Tetsuo Hasegawa, Kazuko Yoshiyuki.