• Director(s)

    Kohei Oguri

  • Production Year

    1990

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    114m

  • Cast

    Keiko Matsuzaka, Ittoku Kishibe, Midori Kiuchi

Film

The Sting Of Death

moderate violence, domestic abuse, references to suicide and mental health

THE STING OF DEATH is a Japanese drama, from 1990, in which a married couple struggle with their relationship after the wife finds out about her husband's infidelity.…

THE STING OF DEATH is a Japanese drama, from 1990, in which a married couple struggle with their relationship after the wife finds out about her husband's infidelity.

violence
Two women engage in a chaotic fight featuring hair-pulling and the pair flailing at each other as they roll on the ground. Arguments between a married couple occasionally develop into moderate physical altercations.
suicide and self-harm
Two people are involved in a demonstrative attempt to kill themselves, which is quickly abandoned. There are undetailed verbal references to suicide in the context of a person's mental health history.
theme
A woman relapses into unstable and volatile behaviour for which she has received treatment in the past. There are references to mental health therapies, such as electro-shock treatment and medication.
additional issues
There are mild sex references relating to adultery. There are references to a man paying for a woman's abortion. There is non-sexualised breast nudity. There is mild and very mild bad language ('bastard', 'damn'). Adult characters smoke cigarettes,

  • Director(s)

    Kohei Oguri

  • Production Year

    1990

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    114m

  • Cast

    Keiko Matsuzaka, Ittoku Kishibe, Midori Kiuchi

moderate violence, domestic abuse, references to suicide and mental health
Classified Date:
24/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
Two women engage in a chaotic fight featuring hair-pulling and the pair flailing at each other as they roll on the ground. Arguments between a married couple occasionally develop into moderate physical altercations.
suicide and self-harm
Two people are involved in a demonstrative attempt to kill themselves, which is quickly abandoned. There are undetailed verbal references to suicide in the context of a person's mental health history.
theme
A woman relapses into unstable and volatile behaviour for which she has received treatment in the past. There are references to mental health therapies, such as electro-shock treatment and medication.
additional issues
There are mild sex references relating to adultery. There are references to a man paying for a woman's abortion. There is non-sexualised breast nudity. There is mild and very mild bad language ('bastard', 'damn'). Adult characters smoke cigarettes,

  • Classified date

    24/10/2023

  • Language

    Japanese