Mourning Wife

Mourning Wife

60 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 2001

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.

Mourning Wife

60 mins | Drama | Sept. 28, 2001

Mourning Wife
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.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Shintoho Pictures Co., Ltd.
Original title 喪服の女　崩れる
Directors Daisuke Gotô
Writers Daisuke Gotô

Cast

Mayuko Sasaki

as Tomiko Tachibana

Keisaku Kimura

as Ryûzô Sakata

Yoshikata Matsuki

as Mamoru Tachibana

Koharu Yamasaki

as Kyôko Yano

Hôryû Nakamura

as Akira

Yukijiro Hotaru

as Yutaka

Ken'ichi Kanbe

as Patient on Crutches

Shiori Kawamura

as Nurse/Kaori

Hiroyuki Kawasaki

as Hiroyuki

Kanae Mizuhara

as Kanae

Toshimasa Niiro

as Akio