The House of Hanging explained

The House of Hanging
Native Name:	Kanji: 病院坂の首縊りの家 Revhep: Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie
Director:	Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay:	Kon Ichikawa Shinya Hidaka
Starring:	Kōji Ishizaka
Music:	Shinichi Tanabe
Distributor:	Toho
Runtime:	139 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

, also known as The House of Hanging on Hospital Slope, is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is based on Seishi Yokomizo's novel of the same name,^[5] and is the fifth film in Kon Ichikawa and Koji Ishizaka's Kindaichi film series.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

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.^[10]

Cast

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• 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

See also

• The Inugami Family, the first film in Kon Ichikawa and Kōji Ishizaka's Kindaichi series.
• Queen Bee, the fourth film in Kon Ichikawa and Kōji Ishizaka's Kindaichi series.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 病院坂の首縊りの家 . Toho film company's official cite. 10 November 2018.
2. Web site: 病院坂の首縊りの家とは . kotobank. 10 November 2018.
3. Book: Quandt . James . Kon Ichikawa . 2001 . . 0-9682969-3-9 . 429-437.
4. Book: Phillips . Alastair . Stringer . Julian . Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts . 2007 . 149-151 . . 9781134334223.
5. Web site: 病院坂の首縊りの家 . eiga.com. 10 November 2018.
6. Web site: 病院坂の首縊りの家 . Agency for Cultural Affairs. 10 November 2018.
7. Web site: 病院坂の首縊りの家 . 映画DB. 29 December 2020.
8. Web site: 病院坂の首縊りの家 . 文春. 29 December 2020.
9. Web site: 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. August 14, 2021.
10. Web site: 病院坂の首縊りの家 . PIA. 10 November 2018.
11. Web site: 病院坂の首縊りの家 . ザテレビジョン. 29 December 2020.