The Black House (1999) Japan

Aka: Kuroi Ie
Director: Morita Yoshimitsu
Release date: November 13, 1999
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror

Starring:
Masaaki Uchino - Wakatusuki
Shinobu Ootake - Sachiko
Masahiko Nishimura - Shigenori Komoda
Misato Tanaka - Wakatusuki's girlfriend (psychiatrist)

Synopsis:
A meek insurance adjuster named Wakatusuki (Masaaki Uchino) at the Showa Life Insurance company in Kanazawa, receives a phone call from a customer (Shinobu Ootake) who asks whether his company pays on a life insurance policy if the cause of death is suicide. Wakatusuki is then called to the home of a client named Shigenori. When he looks around Shigenori's home, he discovers a body hanging from the ceiling in an apparent suicide. The body belongs Shigenori's teenage son. Furthermore, Wakatusuki discovers that Shigenori has taken out an insurance policy on his wife ... who happens to be the person that called him asking about the payout related to suicides. (asianmediawiki)

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Curiosities:
The 2007 South Korean film Black House is based on the same novel by Yusuke Kishi.

Awards:
Mainichi Film Concours 2000: Best Actress - Shinobu Ôtake
Yokohama Film Festival 2000: Best Actress - Shinobu Ôtake; Best Cinematography - Nobuyasu Kita

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