Rape and Death of a Housewife

Rape and Death of a Housewife

96 mins | Drama | July 8, 1978

Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death tends to her corpse as though it were still alive completely unable to accept her demise.

Rape and Death of a Housewife

96 mins | Drama | July 8, 1978

Rape and Death of a Housewife
Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death tends to her corpse as though it were still alive completely unable to accept her demise.
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 人妻集団暴行致死事件
Directors Yoshihisa Nakagawa, Noboru Tanaka
Writers Hideo Osabe, Susumu Saji

Cast

Hideo Murota

as Taizo Eguchi

Noriko Kurosawa

as Emiko Eguchi - Taizo's wife

Akiko Shikata

as Yaeko Ozaki

Masato Furuoya

as Shozo Utagawa

Hiroshi Fukami

as Reiji Ikemoto

Akira Sakai

as Zensaku Arita

Hōsei Komatsu

as Kurazo Utagawa

Rei Okamoto

as Sadako Arita

Imari Tsuji

as Kayo Utagawa

Tayori Hinatsu

as Naoko Katayama

Maya Kudô

as Shizuko Ikemoto