New Apartment Wife: Afternoon Beast

1974 1h 11m JA

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★7.0TMDB · 1

Synopsis

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Kyoko has been married to Keisuke three years but recently, she has this feeling that she cannot entirely trust her husband. She hires Terao, a private eye, to prove her doubts are groundless. Poor Kyoko does not seem to know that, "He who digs a pit for others, falls into it himself". The private eye and his friend call on Kyoko when her husband is out and brutally rape her over and over again. By slow degrees, she gives herself up to the sexual pleasures she feels while being brutally treated. It is a sensation she had never experienced before, little knowing who had masterminded the tortures.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Junko Miyashita
Kyoko Shibata
Akira Hanaue
Keisuke Shibata
Keijirō Shiga
Iwao Komine
Hyōe Enoki
Murayama
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Fukunaga
Hiroshi Gojo
Terao
Kyōko Kanō
Misa
Hitomi Kozue
Maki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Akira Kato
Writers: Akira Kato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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52 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 Akira Kato, shot by Kenji Hagiwara. 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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DIRECTOR

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Editor Masanori Tsujii 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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Junko Miyashita and Akira Hanaue and Keijirō Shiga carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Akira Kato directs. Kenji Hagiwara behind the camera. Hajime Kaburagi scores. Masanori Tsujii cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
252 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 Akira Kato, shot by Kenji Hagiwara. 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 Masanori Tsujii shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Junko Miyashita and Akira Hanaue and Keijirō Shiga carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0223094 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.