The House of Hanging

The House of Hanging
Theatrical poster
Japanese name
Kanji病院坂の首縊りの家
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnByoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie
Directed byKon Ichikawa
Screenplay byKon Ichikawa
Shinya Hidaka
Based onByoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie
by Seishi Yokomizo
StarringKōji Ishizaka
Music byShinichi Tanabe
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26) (Japan)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The House of Hanging (病院坂の首縊りの家, Byoinzaka no kubikukuri no ie), also known as The House of Hanging on Hospital Slope, is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.[1][2][3][4] It is based on Seishi Yokomizo's novel of the same name,[5] and is the fifth film in Kon Ichikawa and Koji Ishizaka's Kindaichi film series.[6][7][8][9]

Plot

Kindaichi Kosuke visits a photo studio to take a photo for his passport. There he happens to meet a daughter who came to request a wedding anniversary photo shoot. Kindaichi and the owner of the photo studio visit a house called Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie to hand that photo to her.[10]

Cast

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See also

References

  1. ^ "病院坂の首縊りの家". Toho film company's official cite. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. ^ "病院坂の首縊りの家とは". kotobank. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  3. ^ Quandt, James (2001). Kon Ichikawa. Cinematheque Ontario. p. 429-437. ISBN 0-9682969-3-9.
  4. ^ Phillips, Alastair; Stringer, Julian (2007). Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts. Routledge. pp. 149–151. ISBN 9781134334223.
  5. ^ "病院坂の首縊りの家". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  6. ^ "病院坂の首縊りの家". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  7. ^ "病院坂の首縊りの家". 映画DB. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ^ "病院坂の首縊りの家". 文春. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ "過酷な運命に耐えるとき佐久間良子の美が顕現！――春日太一の木曜邦画劇場". 週刊文春オンライン. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "病院坂の首縊りの家". PIA. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  11. ^ "病院坂の首縊りの家". ザテレビジョン. Retrieved 29 December 2020.


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