| The Sting of Death | |
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| Directed by | Kôhei Oguri |
| Written by | Kôhei 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 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Sting of Death (死の棘 Shi no Toge) is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Kôhei Oguri. It tells the story of a writer with a wandering eye and his jealous wife.
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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.[1] 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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