Apartment Wife: Agony Afternoon

1972 1h 7m JA

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10.0

MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 2

Drama

Synopsis

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A young couple and his wife's sister live in a housing complex. When her wife becomes suspicious of the relationship between her husband and her sister, she falls into an unexpected trap.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Akemi Nijo
Chizuko Kikuchi(菊地千鶴子)
Yuri Yamashina
Setsuko Saeki(佐伯節子)
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Hiroshi Asai(浅井浩)
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Shopkeeper(商店主)
Sumiko Minami
Mrs. Abe(阿部夫人)
Tessen Nakahira
Kenji Nakamura(中村健二)
Hironobu Takahashi
Kiyoshi Kikuchi(菊地清)
Hajime Tanimoto
Kazuo Matsui(松井和夫)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shōgorō Nishimura
Writers: Yukio Yoshihara
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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3 / 8

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 Shōgorō Nishimura, 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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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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7 / 8

CAST

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Akemi Nijo and Yuri Yamashina and Tatsuya Hamaguchi carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0223091 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shōgorō Nishimura directs. Toshiro Yamazaki behind the camera. Masanori Tsujii cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

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 Shōgorō Nishimura, shot by Toshiro Yamazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Masanori Tsujii shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Akemi Nijo and Yuri Yamashina and Tatsuya Hamaguchi carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0223091 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.