---
title: 'The House of Hanging (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kon Ichikawa'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 139
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-house-of-hanging-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079312/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The House of Hanging (1979)

1979 · 139 min · Japan

Original title: 病院坂の首縊りの家

## Synopsis

The House of Hanging , also known as The House of Hanging on Hospital Slope, is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on Seishi Yokomizo's novel of the same name, and is the fifth film in Kon Ichikawa and Koji Ishizaka's Kindaichi film series.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa)
- **Producer:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Shin'ichi Tanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/shin-ichi-tanabe)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kiyoshi Hasegawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshi-hasegawa-2)
- **Editor:** [Nobuo Ogawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuo-ogawa), [Chizuko Osada](https://cinepixo.com/people/chizuko-osada)

## Cast

- [Junko Sakurada](https://cinepixo.com/people/junko-sakurada)
- [Takako Irie](https://cinepixo.com/people/takako-irie)
- [Yoshiko Sakuma](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshiko-sakuma)
- [Masao Kusakari](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-kusakari)
- [Teruhiko Aoi](https://cinepixo.com/people/teruhiko-aoi)
- [Kōji Ishizaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-ishizaka) as Kōsuke Kindaichi
- [Yūichi Kikuchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuichi-kikuchi)

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