Mourning Wife

2001 film by Daisuke Gotō

Mourning Wife

Theatrical poster for Mourning Wife (2001)

Directed by| Daisuke Gotō[1]
Written by|

* Daisuke Gotō
* Kannin

Produced by| Daisuke Gotō
Starring|

* Mayuko Sasaki
* Koharu Yamasaki

Cinematography| Masahide Iioka
Edited by| Shōji Sakai
Music by| Kazumi Ōba
Distributed by| Shintōhō Eiga

Release date

* September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)

Running time

| 60 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

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]

## Synopsis

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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

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* 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

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### English

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* Mofuku no onna: Kuzureru (2001) at IMDb
* "Mourning Wife". pinkeiga.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-28.

### Japanese

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* 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). www.dmm.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
* 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
* 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
* 喪服の女 崩れる (in Japanese). xcity.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-17.

## References

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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.

Preceded by

Pink Salon Hospital 3: No-Pants Exam Room

|  Pink Grand Prix Silver Prize
2001 | Succeeded by

Housekeeper with Beautiful Skin: Made Wet with Finger Torture

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James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)

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* Le Dernier Tournant (1939 French)
* Ossessione (1942 Italian)
* The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
* Chair de Poule (1963 French)
* The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
* Szenvedély (1998 Hungarian)
* Jerichow, (2008 German-Turkish)

Stage|

* The Postman Always Rings Twice (1936 play)
* The Car Man (2000 dance)
* The Postman Always Rings Twice (1982 opera)

Related|

* Cain X 3 (1969)
* Until Death (1988)
* Mourning Wife (2001)

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