Ai wo Kou Hito (2017)

Also Known As: 愛を乞うひと あいをこうひと A Person Begging For Love Desperate for Love

Toyoko doesn't know how to love her daughter Terue and subjects the latter to physical abuse when she was a child. As a result, Terue was hungry for love but didn't know how to be loved. Years later, Terue grows up and has a daughter Migusa who is in senior high school when she reunites with her brother Takenori who was separated from her at birth. Due to the reunion, memories of her miserable childhood come flooding back. With the support of Migusa, Terue decides to head to Taiwan to look for her late father's grave and finds out the truth behind her mother's behaviour after meeting Toyoko there.

Based on the novel "Ai wo kou hito" by Harumi Shimoda.

Genre: Drama, Family

Director: Taniguchi Masaaki [谷口正晃]

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Release: 2017