Slave Widow

Name: Dorei mibôjin
Genre: Drama
Released: 1967-07-11
Duration: 1 h 13 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Noriko Tatsumi, Masayoshi Nogami, Mari Iwai

Original title: Dorei mibôjin

1967
1h 13m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Drama

After her husband kills himself, future prospects for the demure and beautiful Mitsuko Fuji look incredibly bleak. Fortunately, her dead husband's largest creditor, Mr. Kito, is there to off... Read allAfter her husband kills himself, future prospects for the demure and beautiful Mitsuko Fuji look incredibly bleak. Fortunately, her dead husband's largest creditor, Mr. Kito, is there to offer a shoulder to cry on as he offers to settle all her debts. But, sure enough, Kito's cha... Read allAfter her husband kills himself, future prospects for the demure and beautiful Mitsuko Fuji look incredibly bleak. Fortunately, her dead husband's largest creditor, Mr. Kito, is there to offer a shoulder to cry on as he offers to settle all her debts. But, sure enough, Kito's charity comes with certain strings attached; namely that Mitsuko becomes his personal sex sla... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

100

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8christopher-underwood

lyrical and quite beautiful

Far better than its English title, Slave Widow, or its clichéd scenario, old fellow gets younger woman, would suggest. Indeed this early b/w outing from Mr Watanabe is fairly lyrical and quite beautiful at times. The mood is much helped by the mellow, classical soundtrack but also by the remarkable camera-work. Partly, of course, much has to be done to avoid the sex scenes being too explicit but here the ingenious use of intense close-up or focus upon silken sheets and clothing do much to make for some surprisingly erotic moments. Featuring Naomi Tani in an early role and her body seems not to have yet developed in anything like the way that she would later be displayed within ropes in the 70s. Here, Noriko Tatsumi is the splendid and voluptuous lead and around whom the movie revolves. Interesting shifts of power in this one.

7goblinhairedguy

impressionistic eroticism

The plot is pure soap-opera (a young widow is forced to become the mistress of her late husband's creditor), but this picture is quite haunting thanks to its skillful, artistic handling. The inky chiaroscuro lighting and the impressionistic soundtrack (chamber music and natural sounds) beautifully complement the languid pace. Obviously, its main selling points are the erotic scenes, which are successfully intense not because of any explicitness (the nudity is very tame), but thanks to their focus on the woman's ecstasy (surprising even herself) and the shadowy closeups of merging flesh. An interesting Eastern counterpoint to Joe Sarno's American contributions to the genre of the same era.