---
title: 'Odd Obsession (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kon Ichikawa'
released: '1959-06-23'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/odd-obsession-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052957/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Odd Obsession (1959)

1959 · 107 min · Drama, Comedy · Japan

Original title: 鍵

## Synopsis

Odd Obsession  is a 1959 Japanese satirical comedy drama film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on the 1956 novel The Key by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa), [Jun'ichirō Tanizaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-ichiro-tanizaki), [Natto Wada](https://cinepixo.com/people/natto-wada)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yasushi Akutagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasushi-akutagawa)
- **Producer:** [Hiroaki Fujii](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroaki-fujii), [Masaichi Nagata](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaichi-nagata)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kazuo Miyagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-miyagawa)
- **Editor:** [Hiroaki Fujii](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroaki-fujii)

## Cast

- [Tanie Kitabayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tanie-kitabayashi)
- [Nakamura Ganjirō II](https://cinepixo.com/people/nakamura-ganjiro-ii)
- [Ichirō Sugai](https://cinepixo.com/people/ichiro-sugai)
- [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai)
- [Kyū Sazanka](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyu-sazanka)
- [Machiko Kyō](https://cinepixo.com/people/machiko-kyo)
- [Jun Hamamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-hamamura)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/odd-obsession-1959
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1056946); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.