Mourning Wife (2001)

  • NR
  • 09/28/2001 (JP)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h

Overview

Director Daisuke Goto, the master of the cinematic Pink Eiga, is back with this retelling of the classic film noir, The Postman Always Rings Twice. A married woman, tasked with running her handicapped husband’s failing printing business, meets a drifter and they fall in love. Soon a plan to murder the husband is put into motion and the forces of fate begin to show their hand. Featuring bravura filmmaking, fantastic performances and steamy sex, the Mourning Wife is a worthy follow up for any fan of Daisuke Goto’s masterpiece A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn.

Daisuke Gotô

Director, Writer

Cast

Mayuko Sasaki's headshot

Mayuko Sasaki

Tomiko Tachibana
Keisaku Kimura's headshot

Keisaku Kimura

Ryûzô Sakata
Yoshikata Matsuki's headshot

Yoshikata Matsuki

Mamoru Tachibana
Koharu Yamasaki's headshot

Koharu Yamasaki

Kyôko Yano
Hôryû Nakamura's headshot

Hôryû Nakamura

Akira
Yukijiro Hotaru's headshot

Yukijiro Hotaru

Yutaka
Ken'ichi Kanbe's headshot

Ken'ichi Kanbe

Patient on Crutches
Shiori Kawamura's headshot

Shiori Kawamura

Nurse/Kaori

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