Apartment Wife: Night of the Rape

1973 1h 12m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 2

Synopsis

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The story depicts the process of a happy family being destroyed by someone taking advantage of a traffic accident caused by buying a car to show off to the neighbors.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Junko Miyashita
Michiko Egami
Kazuhiko Kasai
Ikuo, Michiko's husband
Kazuko Shirakawa
Teruko Tokura
Hirokazu Inoue
Hatanaka
Shinko Jo
Yoshiko (Female clerk)
Toshihiko Oda
Yakuza
Kôji Kai
Master Kasai
Yumi Nakano
Woman in handcuffs

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Saburo Endo
Writers: Yukio Yoshihara
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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53 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 Saburo Endo, shot by Shōhei Andō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Junko Miyashita and Kazuhiko Kasai and Kazuko Shirakawa carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0223103 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Saburo Endo directs. Shōhei Andō behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
253 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 Shōhei Andō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Junko Miyashita and Kazuhiko Kasai and Kazuko Shirakawa carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0223103 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.