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Mourning Wife(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-09-28
30%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 0m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies:
Shintoho Pictures
Movie: Mourning Wife
Top 10 Billed Cast
佐々木麻由子
Tomiko Tachibana
木村圭作
Ryûzô Sakata
螢雪次朗
Yutaka
Kanae Mizuhara
Kanae
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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.
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2001-09-28
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