Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death
June 4, 1992
Overview
Winner of the 1992 Galaxy Award Encouragement Prize and the 1992 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award Excellence Prize. Winner of the 10th ATP Award '93 Grand Prix. Winner of the 10th ATP Award '93 Excellence Prize. Selected as one of the "Best 20 Programmes" at the 10th ATP Award '93. "Through the story of a couple, we ask what it means to live and love. Kazuo (Sato Koichi) and Ritsuko (Imai Miki) were happily married through an arranged marriage during the war. One year later, Kazuo is sent to the city as a member of an army press corps. When he returns home after completing his mission, he finds Ritsuko, who has contracted intestinal tuberculosis and is bedridden. [This section is taken from "J-com magazine" 2004/02 (published by J-com Kansai)]"
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