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Wife to Be Sacrificed

1974 · 71 min

A claustrophobic, unsettling descent into obsessive cruelty and psychological submission, difficult to watch yet hard to forget.

Overview
A former husband with a dark obsession returns to his ex-wife’s life, ready to unleash a torrent of cruel, perverse devotion.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • power
  • betrayal
  • trauma
  • madness
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, horror
Directed by
Masaru Konuma
Written by
Yōzō Tanaka
Starring
Naomi Tani, Nagatoshi Sakamoto, Terumi Azuma, Hidetoshi Kageyama, Tessen Nakahira, Chigusa Takayama, Tamaki Komiyama, Saburō Shōji
Music
Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography
Masaru Mori
Runtime
71 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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