Trivia for
Ai no corrida (1976) More at IMDbPro »

• After the German premiere at the "Berlinale" the movie was confiscated as suspected pornography. However, 18 months later a German federal court permitted release in cinemas without any cuts.
  
  
• Shot in Japan, the undeveloped film had to be shipped to France for development, due to Japan's strict censorship policies.
  
  
• The film was banned by Israeli censors in 1987. The ban was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court. See also Jenin, Jenin (2002).
  
  
• The film was not submitted for British classification until 1989.
  
  

• SPOILER: The writing on Kichizo's chest, that Sada wrote using Kichizo's own blood, reads "Sada Kichi futari kiri" ("Sada and Kichi, just two of us together"). This was the actual writing seen on the real Kichizo's body when the police found his corpse on 19 May 1936.
  
  

Related Links