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Mourning Wife

20012.5 / 1060 min
Drama, Romance

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.

Cast

Mayuko Sasaki

Mayuko Sasaki

Tomiko Tachibana

Keisaku Kimura

Keisaku Kimura

Ryûzô Sakata

Yoshikata Matsuki

Yoshikata Matsuki

Mamoru Tachibana

Koharu Yamasaki

Koharu Yamasaki

Kyôko Yano

Hôryû Nakamura

Hôryû Nakamura

Akira

Yukijiro Hotaru

Yukijiro Hotaru

Yutaka

Ken'ichi Kanbe

Ken'ichi Kanbe

Patient on Crutches

Shiori Kawamura

Shiori Kawamura

Nurse/Kaori

Hiroyuki Kawasaki

Hiroyuki Kawasaki

Hiroyuki

Kanae Mizuhara

Kanae Mizuhara

Kanae

Toshimasa Niiro

Toshimasa Niiro

Akio

Kumiko Mori

Kumiko Mori

Rumiko / Kumiko

Crew

Daisuke Gotô

Daisuke Gotô

Writer

Shōji Sakai

Shōji Sakai

Editor

Daisuke Gotô

Daisuke Gotô

Director

Masahide Iioka

Masahide Iioka

Director of Photography