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Aido: Slave of Love

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Aido: Slave of Love
Directed bySusumu Hani
Screenplay by
Story byIsamu Kurita[1]
StarringYuri Suemasa
CinematographyYuji Okumura[1]
Music byTeizo Muramatsu[1]
Production
company
Hani[1]
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 24 May 1969 (1969-05-24)
Running time
105 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Aido: Slave of Love (愛奴) is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Susumu Hani.[2] It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.[3][4]

Plot

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Aido is a beautiful woman cursed with an insatiable appetite for coitus. After an affair with a young student, she engages in several other affairs in which she can no longer tell fantasy from reality.

Cast

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Release

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Aido: Slave of Love was released in Japan on 24 May 1969 and was distributed by Shochiku.[1]

Legacy

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The film is one of Hani's internationally most renowned features.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Galbraith IV 1996, p. 95.
  2. ^ Desser, David (22 April 2022). A Companion to Japanese Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-95534-5.
  3. ^ "Aido: Slave of Love". Film Affinity. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ^ Aido: Slave of Love (1969) | MUBI, retrieved 25 September 2023
  5. ^ Moviewalker about Aido (in Japanese)
  6. ^ Centeno, Marcos; Raine, Michael (10 June 2021). Developments in the Japanese Documentary Mode. MDPI. ISBN 978-3-03943-913-3.

Further reading

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  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
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