The Sting of Death
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Director Kohei Oguri Music director Toshio Hosokawa Duration Language Japanese | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Screenplay Kohei Oguri Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 28 April 1990 (Japan)
September 28, 1990 (USA) Writer Kohei Oguri, Toshio Shimao (novel) Cast Keiko Matsuzaka (Miho), Ittoku Kishibe (Toshio), Midori Kiuchi (Kuniko), Akira Yamanouchi (Masagaro), Miyoko Nakamura (Riki)Similar movies Kohei Oguri directed The Sting of Death and Muddy River | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Sting of Death (死の棘, Shi no Toge) is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Kōhei Oguri and based on the novel by Toshio Shimao. It tells the story of a writer with a wandering eye and his jealous wife. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Cast
Production
The film was partly shot on location in Kakeromajima, Amami Islands.
Awards
The Sting of Death won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival where it was also nominated for the Golden Palm. In that year it also won the Hochi Film Award and the Nikkan Sports Film Award. In 1991 the film won the Award of the Japanese Academy, the Blue Ribbon Award, the Kinema Junpo Award and the Mainichi Film Concours.
References
The Sting of Death WikipediaThe Sting of Death IMDb The Sting of Death themoviedb.org