Apartment Wife: Playing with Fire

1973 1h 10m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 2

Synopsis

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Yoichi and Masako have been married for several years and have reached a period of boredom.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Junko Miyashita
Masako Ihara
Nobutaka Masutomi
Arakawa
Masumi Jun
Tomomi
Keiko Tsuzuki
Minako
Ayako Ichikawa
Yuki Ehara
Katsurô Yamada
Yoichi Ihara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shōgorō Nishimura
Writers: Kazuo Nishida
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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ERA

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53 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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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shōgorō Nishimura, shot by Kuratarō Takamura. 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 Naozumi Yamamoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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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Junko Miyashita and Nobutaka Masutomi and Masumi Jun carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Shōgorō Nishimura directs. Kuratarō Takamura behind the camera. Naozumi Yamamoto scores. Toyoharu Nishimura cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
253 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 Kuratarō Takamura. 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 Toyoharu Nishimura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Junko Miyashita and Nobutaka Masutomi and Masumi Jun carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0223089 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.