La ballade de Tsugaru

A late-arriving romantic tragedy draped in shamisen sorrow. A Tokyo couple drifts into a northern port town where the woman turns tricks while the man, yakuza-adjacent, shares her with a blind girl without complaint. The grandmother’s lament keeps time while the trio mistakes reluctant attachment for fate.

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Kōichi Saitō directed La ballade de Tsugaru in 1973. See Kōichi Saitō's full filmography, where to start with Kōichi Saitō, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kōichi Saitō.

La ballade de Tsugaru was released in 1973 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.