Mourning Wife

Synopsis

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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Cast

Mayuko Sasaki

Tomiko Tachibana

Keisaku Kimura

Ryûzô Sakata

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Yoshikata Matsuki

Mamoru Tachibana

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Koharu Yamasaki

Kyôko Yano

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Hôryû Nakamura

Akira

Yukijiro Hotaru

Yutaka

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Ken'ichi Kanbe

Patient on Crutches

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Shiori Kawamura

Nurse/Kaori

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Hiroyuki Kawasaki

Hiroyuki

Kanae Mizuhara

Kanae

Toshimasa Niiro

Akio

Kumiko Mori

Rumiko / Kumiko

Crew

Camera

• Masahide Iioka Director of Photography

Directing

• Daisuke Gotô Director

Editing

• Shōji Sakai Editor

Writing

• Daisuke Gotô Writer