Warm Misty Night
Yogiriyo Konya Mo Arigato 夜霧よ今夜も有難う
Director: Mio Ezaki 江崎実生
Released: March 11, 1967
Distributor: Nikkatsu
Screenplay: Mio Ezaki 江崎実生, Tatsuo Nogami 野上龍雄 and Shiro Ishimori 石森史郎
Starring:
Meiko Kaji 梶芽衣子 (Masako Ota 太田雅子) as Hiromi
Yujiro Ishihara 石原裕次郎 as
Toru Sagara
Ruriko Asaoka 浅丘ルリ子 as Akiko
Hideaki Nitani 二谷英明
Kaku Takashina 高品格 as Senkichi
Ruriko Ito 伊藤るり子 as Kazue
Go Eiji 郷鍈治
Info:
Said to be a remake of Casablanca.
Yujiro Ishihara sang the theme song for the film.
Plot:
When Toru Sagara (Yujiro Ishihara) returns home from a foreign cargo route, he proposes to his beloved girlfriend Akiko (Ruriko Asaoka). She joyously agrees, promising a life together. On the day they were to be joined in matrimony, Akiko suddenly goes missing. Toru waits hours for her to show, but he is only greeted by the darkness of light. Four years have passed when his fiancée turns up at a night club in Yokohama with another man.
Thanks to Nikkatsu.com for the synopsis.