Love for an Idiot

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.

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Yasuzō Masumura directed Love for an Idiot in 1967. See Yasuzō Masumura's full filmography, where to start with Yasuzō Masumura, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yasuzō Masumura.

Love for an Idiot was released in 1967 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 92 minutes.