Mourning Wife

Mourning Wife

Release Date: 2001-09-28 Runtime: 60 minutes
4.5 TMDb

Streaming Guide

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.

Top Cast

Principal cast and the directors behind the production, as listed in the TMDb credits.

Directed by Daisuke Gotô

  • Mayuko Sasaki as Tomiko Tachibana
  • Keisaku Kimura as Ryûzô Sakata
  • Yoshikata Matsuki as Mamoru Tachibana
  • Koharu Yamasaki as Kyôko Yano
  • Hôryû Nakamura as Akira
  • Yukijiro Hotaru as Yutaka
  • Ken'ichi Kanbe as Patient on Crutches
  • Shiori Kawamura as Nurse/Kaori
  • Hiroyuki Kawasaki as Hiroyuki
  • Kanae Mizuhara as Kanae

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