
Love and Death
1971, Japanese. Directed by Noboru Nakamura.
Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the circumstances, they try to not act on their attraction. However, as time goes by, they realise that, perhaps, they cannot be without each other. Will the forbidden love affair move forward and can they finally be with each other?
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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- Released
- 5 June 1971
- Original title
- 愛と死
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Taichi Yamada
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Love and Death runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Love and Death isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 June 1971. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Love and Death?
Love and Death (1971) was directed by Noboru Nakamura and stars Komaki Kurihara, Katsutoshi Atarashi, Tadashi Yokouchi.