Begging for Love

Begging for Love
DVD cover for Begging for Love (1998)
Directed by	Hideyuki Hirayama[1]
Written by	Harumi Shimoda (novel) Wui Sin Chong (screenplay)
Produced by	Tadamichi Abe Sadatoshi Fujimine Hideyuki Takai
Starring	Mieko Harada
Cinematography	Kozo Shibasaki
Edited by	Akimasa Kawashima
Music by	Akira Senju
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	26 September 1998 (1998-09-26)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese、Taiwanese Hokkien

Begging for Love (愛を乞うひと, Ai o Kou Hito) is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It was Japan's submission to the 71st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2][3] It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.^[4]

Cast

• Mieko Harada: Terue Yamaoka
• Maho Nonami: Migusa Yamaoka
• Fumiyo Kohinata
• Mami Kumagai
• Jun Kunimura: Saburo Wachi
• Naomi Nishida
• Tsuyoshi Ujiki: Takenori Wachi
• Yuji Nakamura
• Moro Morooka
• Kiichi Nakai: Fumio Chin
• Ai Koinuma: Terue Yamaoka, aged 5

2017 Television Drama remake

A television special drama (tanpatsu) remake, starring Ryoko Shinohara, Alice Hirose, Takaya Kamikawa and Rio Suzuki was broadcast on NTV on 11 January 2017.

See also

• Cinema of Japan
• List of submissions to the 71st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. Infobox data from 愛を乞うひと (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2009. and Ai o kou hito (1998) at IMDb
2. "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
3. "45 Countries Submit Films for Oscar Consideration". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 19 November 1998. Archived from the original on 19 February 1999. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
4. "Awards for Ai o kou hito (1998)" (in Japanese). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 May 2009.

External links

• Ai o kou hito (1998) at IMDb
• 愛を乞うひと (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
• 愛を乞うひと (in Japanese). walkerplus.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
• 愛を乞うひと(1998) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
• 愛を乞うひと (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 16 May 2009.