Rape and Death of a Housewife (1978)

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Rape and Death of a Housewife on IMDb 6.6/10 39 votes

Released:
1978-07-08

Overview:
Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death tends to her corpse as though it were still alive completely unable to accept her demise.

Director:
Noboru Tanaka

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Drama, Crime

  • Cast:
  • Hideo Murota
    as
    Taizo Eguchi
  • Noriko Kurosawa
    as
    Emiko Eguchi - Taizo's wife
  • Akiko Shikata
    as
    Yaeko Ozaki
  • Masato Furuoya
    as
    Shozo Utagawa
  • Hiroshi Fukami
    as
    Reiji Ikemoto