| The Sting of Death | |
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| Directed by | Kōhei Oguri |
| Written by | Kōhei Oguri Toshio Shimao (novel) |
| Starring | Keiko Matsuzaka Ittoku Kishibe |
| Cinematography | Shohei Ando |
| Edited by | Nobuo Ogawa |
| Music by | Toshio Hosokawa |
| Distributed by | Shochiku (Japan) |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Sting of Death (死の棘, Shi no Toge) is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Kōhei Oguri and based on the novel by Toshio Shimao. It tells the story of a writer with a wandering eye and his jealous wife. The film was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]
The film was partly shot on location in Kakeromajima, Amami Islands.[2]
The Sting of Death won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival where it was also nominated for the Golden Palm.[3] In that year it also won the Hochi Film Award and the Nikkan Sports Film Award. In 1991 the film won the Award of the Japanese Academy, the Blue Ribbon Award, the Kinema Junpo Award and the Mainichi Film Concours.
