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The Key 1997

Runtime

95 mins

Language

Japanese

Japanese

Ikuko, a mature and reserved woman from Kyoto, has been married for many years to a middle‑aged husband who grows increasingly frustrated by her lack of passion in the bedroom. When the lively young Mr. Kimura enters their lives, Ikuko is drawn into a seductive affair that awakens suppressed desires, threatening her marriage and sense of self.

Ikuko, a mature and reserved woman from Kyoto, has been married for many years to a middle‑aged husband who grows increasingly frustrated by her lack of passion in the bedroom. When the lively young Mr. Kimura enters their lives, Ikuko is drawn into a seductive affair that awakens suppressed desires, threatening her marriage and sense of self.

Does The Key have end credit scenes?

No!

The Key does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

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