Lonely Heart (Japanese: 幸福, Hepburn: Kōfuku) is a 1981 Japanese mystery film directed by Kon Ichikawa, based upon the 1961 American novel Lady, Lady I Did It in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series. The film stars Yutaka Mizutani, Toshiyuki Nagashima and Rie Nakahara in a police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.
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Cast
Yutaka Mizutani
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Mitsuko Kusabue
Akiji Kobayashi
Fujio Tsuneda
Rie Nakahara
Noboru Mitani
Kei Tani
Jun Hamamura
Etsuko Ichihara
Reception
The New York Times said the film is moderately successful but the characterizations lack depth and detail.