Mourning Wife

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]

Mourning Wife
Theatrical poster for Mourning Wife (2001)
Directed byDaisuke Gotō[1]
Written by
  • Daisuke Gotō
  • Kannin
Produced byDaisuke Gotō
Starring
  • Mayuko Sasaki
  • Koharu Yamasaki
CinematographyMasahide Iioka
Edited byShōji Sakai
Music byKazumi Ōba
Distributed byShintōhō Eiga
Release date
September 28, 2001
Running time
60 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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

References
  1. Infobox data from 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2009-06-28. and 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  2. "Mourning Wife". pinkeiga.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
  3. "Best Ten of 2001 (２００１年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2009.


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