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Details
- Original title
- 鍵
- Years
- 1959
- Release date
- 1959-06-23
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 107 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (34 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- sexual obsession
- diary
- sexual arousal
- train
- older man younger woman relationship
- japanese family
- sexual inadequacy
- sexual dysfunction
- young wife
Awards & recognition
- Jury Prize · 1960
- Samuel Goldwyn International Award · 1959
- Golden Globe Award — Best Non-English Language Film · 1959 · nominated
Cast & crew

Machiko Kyō
as Ikuko Kenmochi

Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Kenji Kenmochi

Junko Kano
as Toshiko Kenmochi

Tatsuya Nakadai
as Kimura

Tanie Kitabayashi
as Hana

Ichirō Sugai
as Masseur

Mantarō Ushio
as Dr. Kodama

Kyū Sazanka
as Curio Dealer

Mayumi Kurata
as Koike

Hikaru Hoshi
as Police Detective
Directed by Kon Ichikawa