New Apartment Wife: Blue Film Woman

1975 1h 8m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Synopsis

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Yukichi Asano and Kiriko, his wife, love each other very deeply and are completely happy in their cozy, little flat. Then Yukichi discovers that Kiriko had once worked in a blue film, a thing unthinkable to a man like Yukichi and his love turns into burning hate and jealousy. He burns the film and tries to forgive his wife's unfortunate past but Kiriko suffers a thousand deaths for she had actually worked in four more blue films.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Rumi Tama
Kiriko Asano
Yuki Minami
Ayako
Sanae Shiba
Geisha
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Yukichi Asano
Kenji Shimamura
Tamio Nagata
Kensuke Tamai
Kyûzô Kijima
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Gozô Takashima
Hidetoshi Kageyama
Shin'ichi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Isao Hayashi
Writers: Akitaka Kimata
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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51 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 Isao Hayashi, shot by Toshiro Yamazaki. 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 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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Rumi Tama and Yuki Minami and Sanae Shiba carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Isao Hayashi directs. Toshiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Hajime Kaburagi scores. Shinya Inoue cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
251 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 Isao Hayashi, shot by Toshiro Yamazaki. 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.
8Rumi Tama and Yuki Minami and Sanae Shiba carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0224091 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.