Odd Obsession

Odd Obsession
Theatrical poster
Directed byKon Ichikawa
Written byKeiji Hasebe
Kon Ichikawa
Natto Wada
Based onThe Key
by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Produced byHiroaki Fujii
Masaichi Nagata
StarringMachiko Kyō
Tatsuya Nakadai
Nakamura Ganjirō II
Jun Hamamura
CinematographyKazuo Miyagawa
Edited byHiroaki Fujii
Music byYasushi Akutagawa
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • 23 June 1959 (1959-06-23) (Japan)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Odd Obsession (, Kagi, lit.'The Key') is a 1959 Japanese satirical[1] comedy drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on the 1956 novel The Key by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.[2][3][4]

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  2. ^ "鍵" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "鍵" (in Japanese). Kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "鍵" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 26 June 2023.