Movie·1997·1h 35m
The Key
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 鍵
Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been that her husband is dissatisfied with her lack of passion during lovemaking. All this changes after they meet the young Mr. Kimura
Written By
Akane Shiratori, Masahiko Kagawa
Producer
Mitsuru Kurosawa, Kazuo Kato
Cinematography
Yonezō Maeda
Music
Toshiyuki Honda
Editor
Akimasa Kawashima
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Naomi Kawashima
Ikuko Anzai
Akira Emoto
Soichiro Anzai
Mikio Osawa
Kenichi Kimura
Kaori Tsuji
Toshiko Anzai
Kenji Imai
Soma Hiroshi
Noboru Mitani
Dr. Kojima
Terumi Niki
Makiko Mori
Yuriko Hirooka
Taki
Kyoko Yamaguchi
Nurse
// crew
Crew
Toshiharu Ikeda
Director, Writer
Mitsuru Kurosawa
Producer
Akane Shiratori
Writer
Kazuo Kato
Producer
Masahiko Kagawa
Writer
Akimasa Kawashima
Editor
Yonezō Maeda
Director of Photography
Toshiyuki Honda
Original Music Composer
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