Apartment Wife: Lost Cat

1998 1h 4m JA

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3.3

SKIP

★3.3TMDB · 3

DramaCrime

Synopsis

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As a newspaper reporter listens to the confession of a wife who murdered her husband, the film shockingly depicts the process by which she discovers why she killed her husband, why she started working on street corners, and how she became deeply immersed in an affair that began as prostitution to relieve boredom...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yoko Chosokabe
Keiko
Satoru Jitsunashi
Tatsuo, Keiko's husband)
Sei Hiraizumi
Reporter
Kikujiro Honda
Shinji, a yakuza
Yoko Satomi
Shinji's girlfriend
Mizue Fujisawa
Waitress
Keiichi Ayuhara
Toshiya Ueno
Man in uniform

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshiki Satō
Writers: Masahiro Kobayashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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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

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Toshiki Satō, shot by Yasuhito Hironaka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Naoki Kaneko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Yoko Chosokabe and Satoru Jitsunashi and Sei Hiraizumi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3713524 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toshiki Satō directs. Yasuhito Hironaka behind the camera. Naoki Kaneko cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Apartment Wife Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Toshiki Satō, shot by Yasuhito Hironaka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Naoki Kaneko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Yoko Chosokabe and Satoru Jitsunashi and Sei Hiraizumi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3713524 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.