Apartment Wife - Affair In The Afternoon Blu-Ray + DVD (Region B)

Japan’s oldest film studio, Nikkatsu, generated widespread controversy in 1971 with the launch of its lavish “Roman Porno” line of adult-oriented dramatic features, beginning with Apartment Wife: Affair in the Afternoon.

Directed by Shogoro Nishimura, this stylish and atmospheric early entry in the series helped establish Kazuko Shirakawa as one of the era’s defining screen icons. Shirakawa stars as Ritsuko, a suburban housewife whose dissatisfaction with domestic life leads her down an unexpected path that challenges the boundaries of marriage, independence, and desire.

Elegantly photographed and reflective of shifting social attitudes in early 1970s Japan, Apartment Wife remains a landmark title in the Roman Porno cycle and an important chapter in Nikkatsu’s studio history.