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1979 film by Kon Ichikawa

The House of Hanging

Theatrical poster

Japanese name

Kanji

病院坂の首縊りの家

Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie

Directed by

Kon Ichikawa

Screenplay by

Kon Ichikawa
Shinya Hidaka

Based on

Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie
by Seishi Yokomizo

Starring

Kōji Ishizaka

Music by

Shinichi Tanabe

Distributed by

Toho

Release date

May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26) (Japan)

Running time

139 minutes

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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. It is based on Seishi Yokomizo's novel of the same name, and is the fifth film in Kon Ichikawa and Koji Ishizaka's Kindaichi film series.

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.

Cast

Kōji Ishizaka as Kindaichi Kosuke
Masao Kusakari as Hinatsu Mokutarō
Takeshi Katō as Detective Todoriki
Junko Sakurada as Igarashi Chizuru
Yoshiko Sakuma as Hogen Yayoi
Hideji Ōtaki as Kanō
Akiji Kobayashi as Sannosuke
Kie Nakai
Teruhiko Aoi as Yamauchi Toshio
Mitsuko Kusabue as Amamiya Junko
Eitaro Ozawa as Honjō Tokubei

References

"病院坂の首縊りの家". Toho film company's official cite. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
"病院坂の首縊りの家とは". kotobank. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
Quandt, James (2001). Kon Ichikawa. Cinematheque Ontario. p. 429-437. ISBN 0-9682969-3-9.
Phillips, Alastair; Stringer, Julian (2007). Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts. Routledge. pp. 149–151. ISBN 9781134334223.
"病院坂の首縊りの家". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
"病院坂の首縊りの家". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
"病院坂の首縊りの家". 映画DB. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
"病院坂の首縊りの家". 文春. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
"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.
"病院坂の首縊りの家". PIA. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
"病院坂の首縊りの家". ザテレビジョン. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

External links

The House of Hanging at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Kon Ichikawa
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947) The Heart (1955) The Burmese Harp (1956) The Hole (1957) Conflagration (1958) Odd Obsession (1959) Fires on the Plain (1959) A Woman's Testament (1960) Her Brother (1960) Ten Dark Women (1961) Being Two Isn't Easy (1962) An Actor's Revenge (1963) Alone Across the Pacific (1963) Tokyo Olympiad (1965) Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967) To Love Again (1971) The Wanderers (1973) Visions of Eight (1973) The Inugami Family (1976) Queen Bee (1978) Phoenix (1978) The House of Hanging (1979) Ancient City (1980) Lonely Heart (1981) The Makioka Sisters (1983) Ohan (1984) The Burmese Harp (1985) Princess from the Moon (1987) The Return of Monjirō Kogarashi (1993) 47 Ronin (1994) Dora-heita (2000) The Inugamis (2006)

Films directed by Kon Ichikawa

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947)
The Heart (1955)
The Burmese Harp (1956)
The Hole (1957)
Conflagration (1958)
Odd Obsession (1959)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
A Woman's Testament (1960)
Her Brother (1960)
Ten Dark Women (1961)
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Alone Across the Pacific (1963)
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967)
To Love Again (1971)
The Wanderers (1973)
Visions of Eight (1973)
The Inugami Family (1976)
Queen Bee (1978)
Phoenix (1978)
The House of Hanging (1979)
Ancient City (1980)
Lonely Heart (1981)
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
Ohan (1984)
The Burmese Harp (1985)
Princess from the Moon (1987)
The Return of Monjirō Kogarashi (1993)
47 Ronin (1994)
Dora-heita (2000)
The Inugamis (2006)

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