Invitation of Lust (1975)

Original title

櫛の火

Directed by

Tatsumi Kumashiro

Genre

romance, drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man lost in grief after his lover dies from illness gradually regains his sense of reality through an affair with an older woman. The film focuses on their psychological states and the raw dynamics between men and women.

melancholicintrospectiveslow-pacedsensualsomberintimatecontemplativeearthy

What happens

『櫛の火』（くしのひ）は、古井由吉の長編小説。1974年に河出書房新社から刊行された。またそれを原作とし1975年に神代辰巳が監督した日本映画。 恋人を病で失った青年が深い喪失感のうちにやがて巡り合った年上の女により、現実感を取り戻す。心理描写を通じて男と女と人間そのものを描く。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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