Mourning Wife
movie
Released September 28, 2001
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.
Cast
Mayuko Sasaki
as
Tomiko Tachibana
Keisaku Kimura
as
Ryûzô Sakata
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Yoshikata Matsuki
as
Mamoru Tachibana
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Koharu Yamasaki
as
Kyôko Yano
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Hôryû Nakamura
as
Akira
Yukijiro Hotaru
as
Yutaka
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Ken'ichi Kanbe
as
Patient on Crutches
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Shiori Kawamura
as
Nurse/Kaori
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Hiroyuki Kawasaki
as
Hiroyuki
Kanae Mizuhara
as
Kanae
Toshimasa Niiro
as
Akio
Kumiko Mori
as
Rumiko / Kumiko