Apartment Wife: Afternoon Seduction

"Ordinary days that I don't want to destroy or lose... My suspicions about her husband and my uncontrollable lust drive me to be unfaithful!!"

1974 1h 11m JA

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★10.0TMDB · 1

Synopsis

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A wife who suspects her husband of infidelity hires an investigator. But it turns out he has his own kinky secrets.

“Ordinary days that I don't want to destroy or lose... My suspicions about her husband and my uncontrollable lust drive me to be unfaithful!!”

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Cast

Junko Miyashita
Naeko Yoshida
Yasuhiko Ishizu
Kenzo Yoshida
Moeko Ezawa
Tsuneko Mochizuki
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Kikuo Mochizuki
Nagatoshi Sakamoto
Riichiro Ishii
Tetsu Ōe
Matsuzaki
Mikiko Sakai
Mrs. Kanehara
Yōko Yokota
Mrs. Yamada

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shōgorō Nishimura
Writers: Takehiro Nakajima
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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2 / 8

ERA

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52 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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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shōgorō Nishimura, 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 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 Hajime Okayasu 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 Yasuhiko Ishizu and Moeko Ezawa carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shōgorō Nishimura directs. Yoshihiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Naozumi Yamamoto scores. Hajime Okayasu 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 Shōgorō Nishimura, shot by Yoshihiro Yamazaki. 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 Hajime Okayasu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Junko Miyashita and Yasuhiko Ishizu and Moeko Ezawa carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Ordinary days that I don't want to destroy or lose... My suspicions about her husband and my uncontrollable lust drive me to be unfaithful!!".
10IMDB entry: tt0223092 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.