Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon

1971 1h 4m JA

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★5.0TMDB · 8

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Synopsis

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A sexually unsatisfied housewife gets into a world of trouble when her meetings with an old friend are discovered.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kazuko Shirakawa
Ritsuko Kasai
Maki Nanjō
Yoko Higashiyama
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Ryôhei Kasai
Makiko Tsunoda
Yoko Higashiyama
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Naked Man
Soichiro Maeno
Hatanaka
Yoko Mita
Kazumi Kono
Sumikata Sekido
Ichiro Kirimura

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shōgorō Nishimura
Writers: Kazuo Nishida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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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 Shōgorō Nishimura, shot by Shōhei Andō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Naozumi Yamamoto. 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 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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8 / 8

CAST

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Kazuko Shirakawa and Maki Nanjō and Tatsuya Hamaguchi carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shōgorō Nishimura directs. Shōhei Andō behind the camera. Naozumi Yamamoto scores. Jun Nabeshima cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
255 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Apartment Wife Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Shōgorō Nishimura, shot by Shōhei Andō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Naozumi Yamamoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Jun Nabeshima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Kazuko Shirakawa and Maki Nanjō and Tatsuya Hamaguchi carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0218984 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.