Love for an Idiot

痴人の愛
1967 92 min Comedy · Drama

The film marries social satire with domestic farce like a shotgun wedding. A factory engineer finds himself betrothed to a teenager who treats his affections like overtime pay. By the third reel the poor man is learning the hard way that love sometimes comes with a waiver.

Directed by Yasuzō Masumura · Written by Ichirō Ikeda

Starring Michiyo Yasuda, Shoichi Ozawa, Masakazu Tamura, Isao Kuraishi, Sachiko Murase, Yuka Konno

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