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Odd Obsession

Play trailer Poster for Odd Obsession 1959,  1h 36m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 75% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 78% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
75% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 78% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
A mostly impotent man (Ganjirô Nakamura) who is aroused by jealousy tempts his beautiful wife (Machiko Kyō) into an affair with a doctor.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Oct 23, 2007
Ichikawa's more straightforward narrative method doesn't do justice to all the ironies, but this is a still a singular and memorable movie. Go to Full Review
Elliott Stein Village Voice Aug 28, 2006
One of his most striking films. Go to Full Review
Geoff Andrew Time Out Jan 26, 2006
The film cannily shifts through different points of view. Go to Full Review
Pat Padua Washington City Paper Aug 6, 2026
“Few directors have dared tackle the anxieties that Kon Ichikawa faced with this surprisingly frank 1959 domestic drama.” Go to Full Review
Tim Brayton Alternate Ending Dec 29, 2024
4/5
It's a bit exhausting to watch, and if the point of the movie is to bring our attention to our aging bodies' inability to keep up, it succeeds. Go to Full Review
Pauline Kael KPFA (Berkeley, CA) Oct 17, 2023
Ichikawa’s cold, objective camera observes the calculations and designs, the careful maneuvers in lives that are fundamentally driven and obsessive. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Kon Ichikawa

Director

Machiko Kyō

Ikuko Kenmochi

Ganjirô Nakamura

Kenji Kenmochi

Junko Kano

Toshiko Kenmochi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kimura

Tanie Kitabayashi

Hana

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Movie Info

Synopsis A mostly impotent man (Ganjirô Nakamura) who is aroused by jealousy tempts his beautiful wife (Machiko Kyō) into an affair with a doctor.
Director
Kon Ichikawa
Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Screenwriter
Keiji Hasebe, Kon Ichikawa, Junichiro Tanizaki, Natto Wada
Distributor
Edward Harrison [us]
Production Co
Daiei Kyoto, Daiei Studios
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 23, 1959, Wide
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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