Begging for Love
DVD cover for Begging for Love (1998)
Directed byHideyuki Hirayama[1]
Written byHarumi Shimoda (novel)
Wui Sin Chong (screenplay)
Produced byTadamichi Abe
Sadatoshi Fujimine
Hideyuki Takai
StarringMieko Harada
CinematographyKozo Shibasaki
Edited byAkimasa Kawashima
Music byAkira Senju
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 26 September 1998 (1998-09-26)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

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

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 Edit this at Wikidata
  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.

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Films directed by Hideyuki Hirayama
Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Film
Mainichi Film Award for Best Film
Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Film
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