Aido: Slave of Love

Aido: Slave of Love
Aido: Slave of Love
Directed by	Susumu Hani
Screenplay by	Susumu Hani; Isamu Kurita;
Story by	Isamu Kurita
Starring	Yuri Suemasa
Cinematography	Yuji Okumura
Music by	Teizo Muramatsu
Production; company	Hani
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	24 May 1969;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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

Plot

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

Yuri Suemasa (末政百合) as Aido (愛奴)
Kenzō Kawarazaki (河原崎建三) as Shūsei Saiki (斎木秀生)
Kimiko Nukamura (額村喜美子) as Madame Enjōji (円城寺夫人)
Rumiko Tanuma (田沼瑠美子) as Yōko (燿子)
Kenzaburō Shirai (白井健三郎) as Professor
Takamitsu Masuda (増田増田貴光) as Yamamoto (山本)
Jusaburō Tsujimura (辻村寿三郎) as Detective Iwashita (岩下)
Kiyoko Ōta (太田喜代子) as Harumi (波留美)
Akira Matsumoto (松本章) as Man
Kyōji Kokonoe (九重京司) as Mr. Sano (佐野)

Release

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

Legacy

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

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 95.
↑ Desser, David (22 April 2022). A Companion to Japanese Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-95534-5.
↑ "Aido: Slave of Love". Film Affinity. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
↑ Aido: Slave of Love (1969) | MUBI, retrieved 25 September 2023
↑ Moviewalker about Aido (in Japanese)
↑ Centeno, Marcos; Raine, Michael (10 June 2021). Developments in the Japanese Documentary Mode. MDPI. ISBN 978-3-03943-913-3.

External links

Aido: Slave of Love at IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV199695-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.

[Berlin-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.