Mourning Wife

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]

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

Synopsis

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

• 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

English

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

Japanese

• 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.