Odd Obsession (1959) - (Movie Clip) Jealousy Makes Me Feel Much Younger

Odd Obsession (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Is Not A Complete Stranger To Me

Director and co-screenwriter Kon Ichikawa’s clever opening, Tatsuya Nakadai as young doctor Kimura, first addressing the camera, then tending to somewhat aged patient Kenmochi (Ganjiro Nakamura), who apparently has virility issues, in Odd Obsession, 1959.

Odd Obsession (1959) -- (Movie Clip) It Feels Dark Inside

Kenmochi (Ganjiro Nakamura), who thinks no one knows about his regimen of virility treatments, encounters their maid, then his much younger wife Ikuko (Machiko Kyo), then their daughter (Junko Kano), who’s kind of engaged to his doctor, in Kon Ichikawa’s provocative Odd Obsession, 1959.