The Sting of Death
| The Sting of Death | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kōhei Oguri |
| Written by |
Kōhei Oguri Toshio Shimao (novel) |
| Starring |
Keiko Matsuzaka Ittoku Kishibe |
| Music by | Toshio Hosokawa |
| Cinematography | Shohei Ando |
| Edited by | Nobuo Ogawa |
| Distributed by | Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo (USA) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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.[1]
Cast
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Miho (ミホ)
- Ittoku Kishibe as Toshio (トシオ)
- Midori Kiuchi as Kuniko (邦子)
- Takenori Matsumura as Shin'ichi (伸一)
- Yuri Chikamori as Maya (マヤ)
- Akira Yamanouchi as Masagaro a.k.a. Oji (おじ)
- Miyoko Nakamura as Riki a.k.a. Oba (おば)
Production
The film was partly shot on location in Kakeromajima, Amami Islands.[2]
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.[3] 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.
See also
- List of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- Gabriel, Philip. Mad Wives and Island Dreams: Shimao Toshio and the Margins of Japanese Literature. University of Hawaii Press, 1999. ISBN 0824820894, 9780824820893.
Notes
- ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ↑ Gabriel, "Notes to Pages 9-11," p. 237. "Several full-scale shinyo models were constructed for the 1989 movie Shi no toge, shot partly on location in Kakeromajima."
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Sting of Death". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-06.