

Mourning Wife
2001 Directed by Daisuke GotôDirector 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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Mayuko Sasaki
....................................................Tomiko Tachibana

Keisaku Kimura
....................................................Ryûzô Sakata
Yoshikata Matsuki
....................................................Mamoru Tachibana
Koharu Yamasaki
....................................................Kyôko Yano
Hôryû Nakamura
....................................................Akira

Yukijiro Hotaru
....................................................Yutaka
Ken'ichi Kanbe
....................................................Patient on Crutches
Director
...........................................................Daisuke Gotô
Writer
...........................................................Daisuke Gotô
Editor
...........................................................Shōji Sakai
Director of Photography
...........................................................Masahide Iioka
Production Companies
...................................................Shintoho Pictures
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Drama
Romance
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