- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1998-09-26
- Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
- Writers: Wishing Chong , Harumi Shimoda
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Mieko Harada , Maho Nonami , Fumiyo Kohinata , Mami Kumagai , Jun Kunimura , Naomi Nishida , Tsuyoshi Ujiki , Morooka Moro , Kiichi Nakai , Ai Koinuma
- Runtime: 135 min
- Awards: 25 wins & 7 nominations
- AKA: Begging for Love (United Kingdom) , Begging for Love , Begging for Love (Canada) , Szeretetre vágyva (Hungary) , Begging for Love (Australia) , 愛を乞うひと (Japan) , Ai o kou hito , Begging for Love (India) , Begging for Love (United States of America)
- Plot:
During a quest to find a Taiwanese father’s grave, disturbing memories of child abuse are aroused.
- IMDB:tt0168450
Ai o kou hito Cast · · · ALL
Hideyuki Hirayama
Director
Mieko Harada
Terue Yamaoka
Maho Nonami
Migusa Yamaoka
Kiichi Nakai
Fumio Chin
Chihiro Asakawa
Terue (Age 15)
Jun Kunimura
Saburo Wachi
Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Takenori Wachi
Fumiyo Kohinata
On
Mami Kumagai
Wang Hatsu
Yûji Nakamura
Shuji Katakura
Reiko Niimura
Naomi Nishida
Chizuru Sakai
Masahiro Satô
Morooka Moro
Takehito Nakajima
Hayato Isohata
Takenori (Age 11)
Yoichi Nukumizu
Yasuko's father
Yuriko Hirooka
Toyoko's co-worker
Satomi Achiwa