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Rape and Death of a Housewife

1978 · 96 min

A grim, unsettling descent into grief and denial, paced slowly and observed with uncomfortable intimacy.

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.
How it feels: Bleak, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, death, trauma, isolation
Content: Strong violence and sexual content. Mild gore and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: grief
death
trauma
isolation
madness
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong