Mourning Wife (喪服の女 崩れる, Mofuku no onna: Kuzureru), a.k.a. An Affair with a Woman in Mourning, is a 2001 Japanese Pink film directed by Daisuke Gotō. It is a suspense-pink film in homage to The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946).[2] It won the Silver Prize at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Personnel awards also went to Mayuko Sasaki for Best Actress, 2nd place and Masahide Iioka for Cinematography.[3]
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 Theatrical poster for Mourning Wife (2001) | |
| Directed by | Daisuke Gotō[1] |
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| Produced by | Daisuke Gotō |
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| Cinematography | Masahide Iioka |
| Edited by | Shōji Sakai |
| Music by | Kazumi Ōba |
| Distributed by | Shintōhō Eiga |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Synopsis
Tomoko, the wife of an impotent and bitter man, hires a younger man to help her run her printing press business. She becomes involved in an affair with him.
Cast
- Mayuko Sasaki: Tomiko Tachibana
- Koharu Yamasaki: Kyōko Yano
- Yukijirō Hotaru: Yutaka
- Kenichi Kanbe: Patient on crutches
- Shiori Kawamura: Nurse / Kaori
- Hiroyuki Kawasaki: Hiroyuki
- Keisaku Kimura: Ryūzō Sakata
- Yoshikata Matsuki: Mamoru Tachibana
- Kanae Mizuhara: Kanae
- Kumiko Mori: Kumiko
- Hōryū Nakamura: Akira
- Toshimasa Niiro: Akio
Bibliography
English
- Mofuku no onna: Kuzureru (2001) at IMDb
- "Mourning Wife". pinkeiga.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
Japanese
- 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). www.dmm.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). xcity.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-17.