Mourning Wife (2001)

Mourning Wife

2001

Drama Romance

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.

Credits

Director

Daisuke Gotô

Cast

Hiroyuki Kawasaki as Hiroyuki

Hôryû Nakamura as Akira

Kanae Mizuhara as Kanae

Keisaku Kimura as Ryûzô Sakata

Ken'ichi Kanbe as Patient on Crutches

Koharu Yamasaki as Kyôko Yano

Mayuko Sasaki as Tomiko Tachibana

Shiori Kawamura as Nurse/Kaori