Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- steamy
- fatalistic
- tense
- late night viewing
- erotic noir marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Tomiko’s affair with the drifter develops alongside a plan to murder her husband, while fate steadily closes in.
Tomiko is burdened with maintaining her handicapped husband’s failing printing business before the affair offers an apparently liberating alternative.
The failing printing business creates the material pressure surrounding Tomiko’s marriage and the murder plan.
The film is identified as a pink film from Shintoho Pictures and foregrounds steamy sex within a noir-derived story.
Films like Mourning Wife, and why
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Shared erotic noir structure, marital betrayal, murder conspiracy, and fatalistic romance.
Double Indemnity
Shared film noir fatalism, adulterous desire, domestic murder plotting, and moral entrapment.
Body Heat
Shared steamy romance, criminal desire, psychological tension, and doomed consequences.
In the Realm of the Senses
Shared japanese erotic melodrama, transgressive sexuality, and escalating obsession.
Movie Details
- Director
- Daisuke Gotô
- Release Date
- 2001-09-28
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Rating
- 4.5 / 10 (6)
Cast
- Mayuko Sasaki
- Keisaku Kimura
- Yoshikata Matsuki
- Koharu Yamasaki
- Hôryû Nakamura
- Yukijiro Hotaru
- Ken'ichi Kanbe
- Shiori Kawamura
- Hiroyuki Kawasaki
- Kanae Mizuhara
Common questions
- What is Mourning Wife about?
- A trapped businesswoman’s affair with a drifter turns marital desperation into a sensual, fatal crime melodrama.
- What is Mourning Wife like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mourning Wife as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Mourning Wife violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Mourning Wife as mild.
- Which films are like Mourning Wife?
- Films with a similar feel include The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, Body Heat, and In the Realm of the Senses.
- How long is Mourning Wife?
- Mourning Wife runs 60 minutes.
