Rape and Death of a Housewife
1978, Japanese. Directed by Noboru Tanaka.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 8 July 1978
- Original title
- 人妻集団暴行致死事件
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Hideo Osabe, Susumu Saji
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Rape and Death of a Housewife runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Rape and Death of a Housewife isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 July 1978. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Rape and Death of a Housewife?
If you liked Rape and Death of a Housewife, try In Cold Blood, No One Would Tell, The Eel.
Who directed Rape and Death of a Housewife?
Rape and Death of a Housewife (1978) was directed by Noboru Tanaka and stars Hideo Murota, Noriko Kurosawa, Akiko Shikata.