Mourning Wife

, 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). 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. 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