Odd Obsession
Odd Obsession | |
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Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
Written by | Keiji Hasebe Kon Ichikawa Natto Wada |
Based on | The Key (Tanizaki novel) by Junichirō Tanizaki |
Produced by | Hiroaki Fujii Masaichi Nagata |
Starring | Machiko Kyō Tatsuya Nakadai Nakamura Ganjirō II Jun Hamamura |
Cinematography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
Edited by | Hiroaki Fujii |
Music by | Yasushi Akutagawa |
Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Odd Obsession (鍵, Kagi, lit. "The Key") is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize.[1] It was based on the novel The Key, by Japanese novelist Junichirō Tanizaki.[2][3][4]
Plot[]
A man who suspects his wife is having an affair with his daughter's fiancé places the two in dangerous situations in order to satisfy his voyeuristic curiosity.
Cast[]
- Machiko Kyō as Ikuko Kenmochi
- Nakamura Ganjirō II as Kenji Kenmochi
- as Toshiko Kenmochi
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kimura
- Jun Hamamura as Dr. Sōma
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Hana
- as Koike
- Kyū Sazanka as Curio dealer
- Ichirō Sugai as Masseur
- Mantarō Ushio as Dr. Kodama
See also[]
- The Key (1983)
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Odd Obsession". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
- ^ "鍵". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "鍵". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "鍵". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
External links[]
- Odd Obsession at IMDb
- Odd Obsession at AllMovie
- Odd Obsession at the TCM Movie Database
Categories:
- 1959 films
- Japanese-language films
- 1959 drama films
- Japanese films
- Japanese erotic drama films
- Japanese sex comedy films
- Films based on Japanese novels
- Films based on works by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
- Films directed by Kon Ichikawa
- Daiei Film films
- Films with screenplays by Natto Wada
- Films with screenplays by Kon Ichikawa
- Films produced by Masaichi Nagata
- Films scored by Yasushi Akutagawa
- 1950s Japanese film stubs
- Erotic film stubs