Odd Obsession [Kagi]

Kon Ichikawa (director, screenwriter)
Jun'ichir Tanizaki (novel)
Keiji Hasebe, Natto Wada (screenwriter)
Machiko Ky , Nakamura Ganjir II, Junko Kano, Tatsuya Nakadai (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1959. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1959 Japanese film. One photograph with a stamp noting the film's French title, "L'Etrange obsession," on the verso, and all three photographs with manuscript ink annotations on the verso.

Based on Jun'ichir Tanizaki's 1956 novel "The Key," about an aging, voyeuristic antique collector who manipulates his wife into having an affair with his daughter's fiancé as a means of curing his impotence. Nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Photos 6 x 4.5 inches. Very Good plus.


[Book #155776]