The House of Hanging

The House of Hanging (病院坂の首縊りの家, Byoinzaka no kubikukuri no ie), 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]

The House of Hanging
Theatrical poster
Japanese name
Kanji	病院坂の首縊りの家
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie
Directed by	Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay by	Kon Ichikawa Shinya Hidaka
Based on	Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie by Seishi Yokomizo
Starring	Kōji Ishizaka
Music by	Shinichi Tanabe
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	May 26, 1979 (1979-05-26) (Japan)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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.