Rape and Death of a Housewife
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1978-07-08
Runtime: 96 mins
Director: Noboru Tanaka
Writer: Susumu Saji
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama, Crime
Original title: Rape and Death of a Housewife
Production Companies: Nikkatsu Corporation
Production Countries: Japan
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