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The Key

1997 · 95 min

A quiet, intimate study of a marriage and awakening desire, unfolding slowly with restrained emotion and a lingering sense of unease.

Directed by
Toshiharu Ikeda
Genres
Drama
Starring
Naomi Kawashima, Akira Emoto, Mikio Osawa
Overview
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

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Directed by
Toshiharu Ikeda
Genres
Drama
Starring
Naomi Kawashima, Akira Emoto, Mikio Osawa
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sexuality
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • aging
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Toshiharu Ikeda
Written by
Toshiharu Ikeda, Masahiko Kagawa, Akane Shiratori
Starring
Naomi Kawashima, Akira Emoto, Mikio Osawa, Kaori Tsuji, Kenji Imai, Noboru Mitani, Terumi Niki, Yuriko Hirooka
Music
Toshiyuki Honda
Cinematography
Yonezō Maeda
Runtime
95 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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