Aido: Slave of Love

This article is about the Japanese film. For other uses, see Slave of Love (disambiguation).

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]

Aido: Slave of Love
Directed by	Susumu Hani
Screenplay by	Susumu Hani Isamu Kurita[1]
Story by	Isamu Kurita[1]
Starring	Yuri Suemasa
Cinematography	Yuji Okumura[1]
Music by	Teizo Muramatsu[1]
Production company	Hani[1]
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	24 May 1969 (1969-05-24)
Running time	105 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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) - Aido (愛奴)
• Kenzō Kawarazaki (河原崎建三) - Shūsei Saiki (斎木秀生)
• Kimiko Nukamura (額村喜美子) - Madame Enjōji (円城寺夫人)
• Rumiko Tanuma (田沼瑠美子) - Yōko (燿子)
• Kenzaburō Shirai (白井健三郎) - Professor
• Takamitsu Masuda (増田増田貴光) - Yamamoto (山本)
• Jusaburō Tsujimura (辻村寿三郎) - Detective Iwashita (岩下)
• Kiyoko Ōta (太田喜代子) - Harumi (波留美)
• Akira Matsumoto (松本章) - Man
• Kyōji Kokonoe (九重京司) - Mr. Sano (佐野)^[5]

Release

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

Legacy

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

References

1. 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

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

External links

• Aido: Slave of Love at IMDb