Odd Obsession

Odd Obsession
Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Produced by	Hiroaki Fujii Masaichi Nagata
Written by	Keiji Hasebe Kon Ichikawa Natto Wada
Based on	The Key (Tanizaki novel) by Junichirō Tanizaki
Starring	Machiko Kyō Tatsuya Nakadai Ganjirō Nakamura Jun Hamamura
Music by	Yasushi Akutagawa
Cinematography	Kazuo Miyagawa
Edited by	Hiroaki Fujii
Distributed by	Daiei Film
Release dates	23 June 1959 (1959-06-23)
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. It was based on the novel The Key, by Japanese novelist Junichirō Tanizaki.

Plot

A man who suspects his wife is having an affair with his daughter's fiance places the two in dangerous situations in order to satisfy his voyeuristic curiosity.

Cast

• Machiko Kyō as Ikuko Kenmochi
• Ganjirō Nakamura as Kenji Kenmochi
• Junko Kano as Toshiko Kenmochi
• Tatsuya Nakadai as Kimura
• Jun Hamamura as Dr. Sōma
• Tanie Kitabayashi as Hana
• Mayumi Kurata as Koike
• Kyū Sazanka as Curio dealer
• Ichirō Sugai as Masseur
• Mantarō Ushio as Dr. Kodama

See also

• The Key (1983)

External links

• Odd Obsession at IMDb
• Odd Obsession at AllMovie