A Strange Affair
ついのすみか
Synopsis
When her older sister disappears, she meets the man she left behind every night. When her parents don't come home from work, they sit in the kitchen and have an idle conversation. The man asks her to eat a clam. A woman mumbles, "I have sand all over me", and scours the kitchen floor like a mollusk. The man wipes the woman's neck when she asks him to wipe off the sand. The camera lingers on the faces of the two men and the rummaging in the sink as they mutter idle conversations about sand. This is a dense cinematic space, where the hot, rough texture of the sand makes your whole body tingle. The coquettishness of the woman's hair, her neck, her lips, her tongue, her gestures and her voice, captured by the gazing camera, is an intense eroticism. This is a work of high perfection in which the artist's unique world of sensuality is penetrated.
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- Director
- Kōichirō Ikawa
- Screenplay & Story
- Kōichirō Ikawa
- Original Title
- ついのすみか
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 35m
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Kōichirō Ikawa
Kōichirō Ikawa
Kōichirō Ikawa
Kōichirō Ikawa
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Kōichirō Ikawa
Director
Kōichirō Ikawa
Producer
Kōichirō Ikawa
Director of Photography
Kōichirō Ikawa
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What is A Strange Affair about?
When her older sister disappears, she meets the man she left behind every night. When her parents don't come home from work, they sit in the kitchen and have an idle conversation. The man asks her to eat a clam. A woman mumbles, "I have sand all over me", and scours the kitchen floor like a mollusk. The man wipes the woman's neck when she asks him to wipe off the sand. The camera lingers on the faces of the two men and the rummaging in the sink as they mutter idle conversations about sand. This is a dense cinematic space, where the hot, rough texture of the sand makes your whole body tingle. The coquettishness of the woman's hair, her neck, her lips, her tongue, her gestures and her voice, captured by the gazing camera, is an intense eroticism. This is a work of high perfection in which the artist's unique world of sensuality is penetrated.
Who directed A Strange Affair?
A Strange Affair was directed by Kōichirō Ikawa.
Who stars in A Strange Affair?
The principal cast of A Strange Affair includes Ogiwara Kaoru, Iizuka Hiroyuki, Kitazawa Noriko.
When was A Strange Affair released and how long is it?
A Strange Affair was released in 1986 with a total runtime of 35m.