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]
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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 |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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.
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