Apartment Wife: Target Bedroom

"An erotic scent drifts in a closed room. The mature body of a married woman is intoxicated by the endless play of lust."

1979 1h 7m JA

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4.7

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★4.7TMDB · 3

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Synopsis

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A woman who lived an ordinary life as a housewife in a housing complex in the suburbs. One day, a yakuza comes to her to pay off her late mother's debt. Indeed, it was written in her mother's handwriting that her daughter would repay the debt if something were to happen. Confused, the housewife can't even tell her husband about the debt, and begins prostitution at the yakuza's command... Will she return to her normal life? The 21st work in the long-running Nikkatsu "Apartment Wife" series.

“An erotic scent drifts in a closed room. The mature body of a married woman is intoxicated by the endless play of lust.”

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Cast

Erina Miyai
Kaori Tamura
Megu Kawashima
Yayoi Namiki
Kyoko Aoyama
Muneko Saitô
Chieko Harada
Yasue Suzuki
Ichiro Kijima
Miyamoto
Tamaki Komiyama
Driver
Kyoichi Mizuki
Worker 2
Midori Mori
Kiyo Yokoyama

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Isao Hayashi
Writers: Yu Mitsui
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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47 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

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shin Takada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

CAST

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Erina Miyai and Megu Kawashima and Kyoko Aoyama carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Isao Hayashi directs. Yoshihiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Shin Takada scores. Toyoharu Nishimura cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
247 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Apartment Wife Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Isao Hayashi, shot by Yoshihiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Shin Takada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Toyoharu Nishimura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Erina Miyai and Megu Kawashima and Kyoko Aoyama carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "An erotic scent drifts in a closed room. The mature body of a married woman is intoxicated by the endless play of lust.".
10IMDB entry: tt0223096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.