Apartment Wife: Scent of a Woman

"Hot lips burning in the swell of joy! A daydream of a lost past invites the intoxication of a young housing complex wife!"

1973 1h 8m JA

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★7.0TMDB · 1

Synopsis

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A female high school teacher suffers from amnesia after being attacked by several men. She is married and has a happy family life, but an incident from the past haunts her regardless of her memory loss.

“Hot lips burning in the swell of joy! A daydream of a lost past invites the intoxication of a young housing complex wife!”

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Cast

Junko Miyashita
Yoko
Keiko Aikawa
Eri
Moeko Ezawa
Namie
Shigeru Saiki
Yasuo
Tetsu Ōe
Tetsu
Nagatoshi Sakamoto
Nakaya

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shinichi Shiratori
Writers: Akane Shiratori
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 68-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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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 Shinichi Shiratori, shot by Teruo Hatanaka. 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 Hajime Kaburagi. 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 Shinya Inoue 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 Keiko Aikawa and Moeko Ezawa carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Shinichi Shiratori directs. Teruo Hatanaka behind the camera. Hajime Kaburagi scores. Shinya Inoue cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 68-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 Shinichi Shiratori, shot by Teruo Hatanaka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Hajime Kaburagi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Shinya Inoue shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Junko Miyashita and Keiko Aikawa and Moeko Ezawa carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Hot lips burning in the swell of joy! A daydream of a lost past invites the intoxication of a young housing complex wife!".
10IMDB entry: tt0223100 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.