Ai no kusabi (1922)

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Country: Japan
Genres: Drama
Release: 1922-09-20
Director: Yasujirō Shimazu
Writers: Yôtarô Katsumi , Yasujirō Shimazu
Language: None | Japanese
Stars: Yôtarô Katsumi , Nobuko Satsuki , Yoneko Sakai , Akio Isono , Shunro Takeda , Shoichi Nodera , Juncho Ito , Shigeko Miura , Haruo Takeda
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Ai no kusabi , Ties of Love (Japan) , Ai no chigirî
Plot: Although I like the story line, 2 parts are just not enough for me to understand the whole idea of the story and to get adapted to the whole futuristic world. The story was moving to fast and you really need the background stories (past of the characters and how they ended up doing the things they do) to fully understand the anime. Having said that I think it would be better if I read the novels. Since the anime has been made in 1990-s I didn't find the artwork that great. Also Iason's image freaked me out. But still for that time may be it was good enough. I liked the characters. Considering the fact that I had only 2 parts to get to know them, I think that I was able to understand them a little bit. For me the anime could have been way better. It was saved by the awesome ending which was so unbelievably heartbreaking and unexpected.
IMDB:tt0855699