A Forties Wife (2000)
Mitsuko Shibakusa has been married to Toshio, a wealthy landowner in the town, for over a year. However, after about half a year of married life, she can no longer bear the boredom. Mitsuko returns to her job as a hostess at the snack bar where she worked before her marriage. At the time, she had no idea that this would later bring about a serious tragedy...
Director:
Yukio Kitazawa
Writer:
Yukio Kitazawa
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Megumi Uehara as Mitsuko Shibakusa |
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Yumika Hayashi as Harumi Sakata |
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Hotaru Hazuki as Junko Tanigawa |
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Seiki Chiba as Kenzo Konishi |
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Takeshi Itō as Shunji |
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Kenichiro Okada as Toshio |
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Daisuke Iijima as Yoshiharu Oyama |
| Directing | Yukio Kitazawa | Director |
| Writing | Yukio Kitazawa | Screenplay |
| Production | Teiji Inayama | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yukio Kitazawa | Producer |
| Camera | Yukio Chiba | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Hiroyuki Watanoha | Gaffer |
| Editing | Yukio Kitazawa | Editor |
| Directing | Hideo Jojo | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Shinya Erikawa | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Naohiro Ikemiya | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Gen'ichirô Fujimori | Assistant Gaffer |
| Directing | Masuno Takuma | Other |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miyuki Tsunoda | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Hatsutarô Satô | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Shōji Sakai | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Atsushi Fuzimoto | Music |
| Crew | Akira Michikawa | Title Graphics |
| Sound | Hanjiro Nakamura | Sound |