Aiyoku: Love Desire

2006 1h 4m JA

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3.0

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★3.0TMDB · 3

Drama

Synopsis

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Ah, my body's on fire! Roku, a company employee, learns that his ex-girlfriend, Nanako, has broken up with her lover and heads to her parents' house, only to be told that she has died. Roku meets Nanako's childhood friend, Emi, spends the night with her, and returns to Tokyo...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Erina Aoyama
Mayu Asada
Lemon Hanazawa
Kiyomi Itō
Takeshi Itō
Satoshi Kaneda
Yohta Kawase
Kanae Mizuhara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshirō Enomoto
Writers: Minoru Satō
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Toshirō Enomoto, shot by Issaku Maei. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Shōji Sakai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Erina Aoyama and Mayu Asada and Lemon Hanazawa carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1090239 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toshirō Enomoto directs. Issaku Maei behind the camera. Shōji Sakai cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 20 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Toshirō Enomoto, shot by Issaku Maei. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Shōji Sakai shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Erina Aoyama and Mayu Asada and Lemon Hanazawa carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt1090239 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.