Thirst for Love | Adaptations
Thirst for Love was produced by Kazu Otsuka in 1967 and directed by Izen Kurahara. The film does not follow the plot of the novel very closely, but the essentials are there: the brooding sexual frustration of the heroine, the prying of the relatives around her, the virile strength of the young man she is fascinated by.
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1959) was made into the film The Conflagration (Enjo) in 1958, directed by Kon Ichikawa. It emphasizes the protagonist's disgust at his father's weakness and his mother's sexual infidelities as the root causes...
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