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The Sting of Death
1990
· Movie
· 115 min
B
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71/100
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Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
Details
- Director
- Kōhei Oguri
- Writer
- Kōhei Oguri
- Studio
- Shochiku, Shochiku Daiichi Kogyo
- Released
- 28 April 1990
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Awards
- 1 win, 1 nomination
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →1 major award won · 1 win from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix 1990 | Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | Winner | |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 1991 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Japan | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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2 awards — The Sting of Death
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Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | Winner |
International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Japan | Nominee |