Film

Kichiku

2002 · 2h 30m · Drama

IMDb

7.2

Made-for-TV film adaptation of the 1957 novel by Seicho Matsumoto starring Takeshi Kitano and directed by Noboru Tanaka. The novel was previously adapted in 1978 film entitled “The Demon” starring Ken Ogata and directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. After a married man stops providing for his mistress, she abandons their three young children with him and his wrathful wife. Consumed by the jealousy and power struggles of their own relationships, they involve the children in their own games - with tragic results.

Takeshi Kitano

Shigeru Muroi

Ryô Kataoka

Emi Sato

Masahiro Morooka

Takehiko Ono

Kōen Okumura

Takeshi Ōbayashi

Satoru Saito

Yoneko Matsukane

Kuriko Namino

Minako Tsuda

Tetsu Watanabe

Saburo Ishikura

Hitomi Kuroki

Yojin Hino

• Noboru TanakaDirector
• Seicho MatsumotoNovel
• Hideo HaraDirector of Photography
• Kazuo OtaniOriginal Music Composer
• Isao KawaseEditor

Release date

October 15, 2002

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 30m

Genres

Drama