Kichiku

Kichiku

2002 · 150 min · Drama

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.

Directed by Noboru Tanaka

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 44m together

Kichiku

A Modern Day Schoolma'am

Both from Noboru Tanaka.

More from Noboru TanakaSee all →

A Modern Day Schoolma'am

A Modern Day Schoolma'am · 1973

A Modern Day Schoolma'am

Naomi, a high school teacher, feels lonely living alone, so she secretly begins living with her student Keiji. It could be said that she is providing for Keiji as an outlet for her sexual desires rather than living together. Naomi, who has a natural lewd blood in her veins, knows that Keiji's older brother, Keisuke, is passionate about her, so she immediately decides to have a relationship with him. One day, Keiji gets fed up with Naomi and disappears...

Afternoon Affair: Transformation

Afternoon Affair: Transformation · 1973

Afternoon Affair: Transformation

A young boy’s dream of a woman is entrusted to the love of a flower. When that beautiful flower withers and the boy discovers the ugliness of women’s true nature, he vows revenge.

The Pornographers

The Pornographers · 1966

The Pornographers

MovieComedyDrama

A former Buddhist monk turned erotic filmmaker, Subuyan lives with hairdresser Haru and her two teenage children. Shooting two skin flicks per day, he somehow manages to stay out of the clutches of the yakuza, but real trouble starts when Haru discovers him lusting after her daughter.

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex · 1976

Noboru Ando's Chronicle of Fugitive Days and Sex

Ando on the run, stopping in to service all the women in his life, with a bit of the old ultra-violence.

The Hell-Fated Courtesan

The Hell-Fated Courtesan · 1973

The Hell-Fated Courtesan

The story of a courtesan that was once popular in Yoshiwara. She is good-looking, but for some reason, three of her customers died unnaturally, one after another. As a result, she is feared by potential customers, and no one cares for her...

Monster Woman '88

Monster Woman '88 · 1988

Monster Woman '88

MovieComedyHorror

Satomi is young woman that works in computer communication. One day she receives a strange message. And the person that sent it to her has committed suicide. As days go by, Satomi keeps receiving the messages from the spirit world....

Village of Doom

Village of Doom · 1983

Village of Doom

MovieHorrorCrime

Rejected by the military and frowned upon by his fellow villagers, a young man nicknamed 'Genius' falls into a series of dangerous love affairs during World War II.

Rape and Death of a Housewife

Rape and Death of a Housewife · 1978

Rape and Death of a Housewife

MovieDramaCrime

Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death tends to her corpse as though it were still alive completely unable to accept her demise.

Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market

Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market · 1974

Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market

A strong-willed young prostitute, her mentally challenged brother, and her aging prostitute mother attempt to survive in 1970s Osaka.

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal · 1970

Stray Cat Rock: Machine Animal

MovieThrillerAction

Two Japanese men help a Vietnam war deserter escape from Japan for Sweden. They plan to fund the escape by selling LSD pills. After word of the drug deal gets spread around they find themselves fending off rival gangs.

The Watcher in the Attic

The Watcher in the Attic · 1976

The Watcher in the Attic

MovieRomanceThriller

When a tenant from a shabby 1920s boarding house secretly witnesses the landlady perform a truly heinous act, he is overcome with desire for her and begins plotting to kill a fellow tenant to demonstrate his love.

The International Gang of Kobe

The International Gang of Kobe · 1975

The International Gang of Kobe

MovieCrimeDrama

In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.

Woman on the Night Train

Woman on the Night Train · 1972

Woman on the Night Train

MovieDramaHorror

Saeko is abnormally attached to her older sister, Yumi. When Yumi becomes engaged to Arikawa, Saeko schemes to separate the two. She seduces Arikawa who then becomes confused over his attraction to both sisters.

A Woman Called Sada Abe

A Woman Called Sada Abe · 1975

A Woman Called Sada Abe

MovieCrimeDrama

A true-life tale of a broken woman whose hedonistic tryst with a high-class restaurateur resulted in a horrific crime of passion that littered Tokyo headlines in 1936.

Angel Guts: Nami

Angel Guts: Nami · 1979

Angel Guts: Nami

MovieThrillerDrama

While investigating stories of rape for a magazine article, a determined but callous reporter becomes perversely aroused as she meets the women who are suffering through the horror of their experiences. But will she suffer their fate if she goes too far?

Night of the Felines

Night of the Felines · 1972

Night of the Felines

MovieComedyDrama

A mercurial look into the underbelly of Tokyo's nightlife that follows a trio of sex workers at a secretive Soapland brothel.

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter