L'Étrange Obsession

Strangers on a Train if desire is the crime. A man goads his wife toward infidelity, hoping to rekindle his own waning virility through jealousy. Ichikawa at his most arch.

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Kon Ichikawa directed L'Étrange Obsession in 1959. See Kon Ichikawa's full filmography, where to start with Kon Ichikawa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kon Ichikawa.

L'Étrange Obsession was released in 1959 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 107 minutes.