Apartment Wife: Unforgettable Night

"For the first time in my life, I learned about the night of madness..."

1972 1h 7m JA

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Synopsis

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A married office lady is assaulted in the dark at a company outing. At work she doesn’t know who to suspect but thoughts of the attack strangely excite her.

“For the first time in my life, I learned about the night of madness...”

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Cast

Junko Miyashita
Ritsuko Kamisaka
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Shuichi Kamisaka
Mami Sakura
Eri
Rikiya Dan
Rikiya Kamisaka
Ryuji Mori
Nagata
Sayori Shima
Chiyoko Kuroki
Kôji Kai
Kimoto
Yumi Nakano
Yumi Nakajima

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Saburo Endo
Writers: Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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54 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 Saburo Endo, shot by Yonezō Maeda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Akira Suzuki 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 Tatsuya Hamaguchi and Mami Sakura carry the top of the cast.

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MONEY

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Marketing tagline: "For the first time in my life, I learned about the night of madness...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Saburo Endo directs. Yonezō Maeda behind the camera. Akira Suzuki cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
254 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 Saburo Endo, shot by Yonezō Maeda. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Akira Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Junko Miyashita and Tatsuya Hamaguchi and Mami Sakura carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "For the first time in my life, I learned about the night of madness...".
9IMDB entry: tt0223104 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.