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Thirst for Love (film)

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Thirst for Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKoreyoshi Kurahara
Screenplay byToshiya Fujita
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Based on愛の渇き (Thirst for Love)
by Yukio Mishima
Produced byKazu Otsuka
CinematographyYoshio Mamiya
Edited byAkira Suzuki
Music byToshiro Mayuzumi
Release date
  • 18 February 1967 (1967-02-18)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Thirst for Love (Japanese: 愛の渇き Ai no kawaki) is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara, starring Nobuo Nakamura and Ruriko Asaoka. It is also known as Longing for Love and The Thirst for Love. It tells the story of a young widow who becomes the mistress of her wealthy father-in-law. The film is based on the novel Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima.[1]

Cast

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  • Nobuo Nakamura as Yakichi Sugimoto
  • Ruriko Asaoka as Etsuko
  • Akira Yamanouchi as Kensuke
  • Yuko Kusunoki as Chieko
  • Yoko Ozono as Asako
  • Junko Shinami as Nobuko
  • Takayuki Iwama as Natsuo
  • Tetsuo Ishidate as Saburô
  • Chitose Kurenai as Miyo

Reception

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Fernando F. Croce wrote for Slant Magazine in 2011, when the film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection: "Kurahara makes use of an ample arsenal of cinematic effects—abrupt disjunctions of sound and image, intertitles alternating with inner monologues, strategic flashes of lurid color following sudden bloodbaths—to visualize the voluptuous turmoil of Mishima’s avant-garde writing, all while exploring his own motifs of fears and desires churning under tidy surfaces."[2]

References

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  1. ^ Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London: Bowker-Saur. p. 328. ISBN 1-85739-229-9.
  2. ^ Croce, Fernando F. (2011-09-07). "Eclipse Series 28: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
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