The Sting of Death

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The Sting of Death
Directed by Kohei Oguri
Written by Kohei Oguri
Toshio Shimao (novel)
Starring Keiko Matsuzaka
Ittoku Kishibe
Music by Toshio Hosokawa
Cinematography Shohei Ando
Editing by Nobuo Ogawa
Distributed by Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo (USA)
Release date(s) 28 April 1990 (Japan)
September 28, 1990 (USA)
Running time 115 mins
Country Japan
Language Japanese
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The Sting of Death (Japanese: Shi no toge) is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Kohei Oguri. It tells the story of a writer with a wandering eye and his jealous wife.

[edit] Cast

  • Keiko Matsuzaka as Miho
  • Ittoku Kishibe as Toshio
  • Midori Kiuchi as Kuniko
  • Takenori Matsumura as Shinichi
  • Yuri Chikamori as Maya
  • Akira Yamanouchi as Masagaro
  • Miyoko Nakamura as Riki

[edit] 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.

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Preceded by
Cinema Paradiso tied with
Trop belle pour toi
Grand Prix du Jury, Cannes
1990
tied with Tilaï
Succeeded by
La belle noiseuse
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