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Thirst for Love (film)

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'Thirst for Love' ( '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.

Cast



* 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 Sabur

* Chitose Kurenai as Miyo

Reception



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 effectsabrupt disjunctions of sound and image, intertitles alternating with inner monologues, strategic flashes of lurid color following sudden bloodbathsto visualize the voluptuous turmoil of Mishimas avant-garde writing, all while exploring his own motifs of fears and desires churning under tidy surfaces."

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