- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy
- Release: 1962-05-01
- Director: Tomu Uchida
- Writers: Yoshikata Yoda
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Hashizo Okawa , Michiko Saga , Michiko Saga , Michiko Saga , Ryūnosuke Tsukigata , Jun Usami , Chōichirō Kawarasaki , Yoshi Katō , Kensaku Hara , Eijirō Yanagi , Sumiko Hidaka , Kikue Mōri
- Runtime: 109 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: 恋や恋なすな恋 (Japan) , Koiya koi nasuna koi , La volpe folle (Italy) , 疯狂的狐狸 (China) , Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow (United States of America) , La renarde folle (France, French Republic) , The Mad Fox
- Plot: In the reign of the Emperor Suzaku (930- 946 A.D.), various mishaps happen after a strange white rainbow in appearance in the sky over Kyoto. The Emperor orders a famous astronomer, Yasunori, to consult a certain Chinese book of secrets to calm the fear of the people. Yasunori has two disciples, Yasuna and Doman. But he desires that Yasuna succeeds him because Doman is interested only in power. Assisted by Yasunori's wife, Doman sends his follower, Akuemon, to kill Yasunori. Doman also steals the secret book and puts the blame on Yasuna and his sweetheart, Sakaki, Yasunori's adopted daughter. Sakaki commits suicide and Yasuna kills Yasunori's wife in his rage. He retrieves the secret book and sets out on a journey without destination. He meets her younger sister, Kuzunoha, with whom he falls in love at Sakaki's home town. Lord Iwakura, Yasunori's brother-in-low, advices the Court that the Crown Prince has no child and this causes tourmoils. Akuemon is summoned to catch a white female fox which is to be used for charming away the curse on the Prince. Akuemon fails to find a white female fox, but meets Yasuna who has protected the foxes. Akuemon beats Yasuna and takes Kuzunoha with him. But Yasuna is rescued by a white fox. The white fox asks his daughter to transform herself in the shape of Kuzunoha to live together with him. After that, they have a baby. When Kuzunoha escapes from Akuemon and comes to Yasuna, the female fox in the shape of Kuzunoha disappears leaving a poem (tanka) beside her sleeping baby.
- IMDB:tt0203629
Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow Cast · · · ALL
Tomu Uchida
Director
Hashizo Okawa
Abe Yasuna
Michiko Saga
Sakaki / Kuzu / Vixen
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Onono Yosifuru
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Sakuragi Miya
Yoshi Katō
Shoji
Kensaku Hara
Fujiwara Nakahira
Eijirō Yanagi
Tadahira Fujiwara
Sumiko Hidaka
Dowager
Kikue Mōri
Old Woman Fox
Tsukie Matsuura
Shoji's Wife
Rinichi Yamamoto
Akuemon
Ushio Akashi
Lord Jibu
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Imperial Messenger
Akira Shioji
Bandit
Hiroshi Mizuno
Monk
Haruko Izumi
Townsperson
Eitarō Ozawa
Daisuke Iwakura
Kenji Susukida
Old Man Fox