Mourning Wife 2001

Overview

Mourning Wife is a 2001 Japanese pink film directed by Daisuke Gotō. The picture, listed in the drama and romance categories, runs approximately one hour and was released for U.S. streaming on December 1, 2012. It is presented as a retelling of the classic film‑noir story The Postman Always Rings Twice, placing the narrative in contemporary Japan. The story follows a married woman who is responsible for her handicapped husband’s struggling printing business; she encounters a drifter, and the two develop a romantic relationship that leads them to devise a plan to murder the husband, after which the forces of fate begin to intervene. The film is described as featuring bravura filmmaking, strong performances and steamy sexual scenes, and it is positioned as a worthy follow‑up for admirers of Gotō’s earlier work A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn. The Japanese title is 喪服の女 崩れる (Mofuku no onna: Kuzureru) and it is also known under the English alternate title An Affair with a Woman in Mourning.