# Odd Obsession (1959)

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**Original title**: *鍵*
**Runtime**: 107 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Kon Ichikawa
**Written by**: Kon Ichikawa, Natto Wada, Keiji Hasebe
**Starring**: Machiko Kyō, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Junko Kano, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tanie Kitabayashi, Ichirō Sugai

> *See it from the beginning - it will thrill you all the more!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, paranoid, sexy

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