Michi (film)
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| Directed by | Koreyoshi Kurahara |
| Screenplay by | Hirô Matsuda |
| Based on | People of No Importance by Henri Verneuil |
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| Cinematography | Yoshio Mamiya |
| Edited by | Eifu Tamaki |
| Music by | Michel Bernholc |
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| Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥450 million (Japan) |
Michi (Japanese: 道), also known as The Road and Hopeless Love, is a 1986 Japanese tragic romantic drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and written by Hirô Matsuda. It is a remake of the 1956 French film Des gens sans importance (lit. People of No Importance) directed by Henri Verneuil, itself based on a novel of the same name by Serge Groussard. Its plot concerns a married long-distance truck driver who falls for a significantly younger waitress at a diner, and the trouble this affair brings to both their lives.
The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as the protagonist, in addition to Miwako Okamura, Junko Ikeuchi, Kyōhei Shibata and Tomisaburo Wakayama. Toei released the film theatrically on September 6, 1986, in Japan, where it was a financial success.