Apartment Wife: Night by Ourselves

1978 1h 10m JA

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4.3

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★4.3TMDB · 3

Synopsis

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A couple lives in a housing complex, but as soon as the wife got married, she became a lazy. The husband keeps asking for sex. The exhausted man spends his days in despair, wondering what the point of marriage is. One day, his wife suddenly dies and he receives an insurance payout of 35 million yen. In an instant, the man became a wealthy bachelor. He was filled with joy and playfulness, but by chance, he became close to a housewife who lived in the same apartment complex and had been interested in him for some time. Unlike his wife, the housewife did all the housework with ease, and she was also kind and accepting of men when it came to sex. Impressed by the idea that she is the ideal wife, he offers to buy her for 30 million yen from her husband...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Izumi Shima
Mariko Toriumi
Rumi Tama
Masuko Kameyama
Yōko Azusa
Noriko Kuzume
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Yutaka Kuzume
Chieko Harada
Housewife B
Ichiro Kijima
Takeshi Toriumi
Yoshie Kitsuda
Housewife C
Toshikatsu Matsukaze
Kyôichi Yazawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Isao Hayashi
Writers: Shoko Shikamizu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Apartment Wife Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Isao Hayashi, shot by Toshiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jun Nabeshima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Izumi Shima and Rumi Tama and Yōko Azusa carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0223088 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Isao Hayashi directs. Toshiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Jun Nabeshima cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
248 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Apartment Wife Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Isao Hayashi, shot by Toshiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Jun Nabeshima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Izumi Shima and Rumi Tama and Yōko Azusa carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0223088 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.