A Lonely Cow Weeps at Dawn (2003)
"Chikan gifu: Musuko no yome to..." (original title)

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A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. He believes his favorite cow, long gone, is still alive. Noriko pretends to be the cow and lets him milk her - a satisfying arrangement for them both.

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Hôryû Nakamura ...
Syukichi
Ryôko Asagi ...
Noriko
Yumeka Sasaki ...
Mitsuko
Seiji Nakamitsu ...
Hajime
Sakura Mizuki ...
Chiriko
Haruki Jô ...
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Toshimasa Niiro ...
Haruki
Yoshinori Horimoto ...
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A young widow, Noriko, lives with her senile father-in-law, Shukichi, on a farm. He believes his favorite cow, long gone, is still alive. Noriko pretends to be the cow and lets him milk her - a satisfying arrangement for them both.

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Syukichi: [patting a cow] Good girl.
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wonderfully erotic sequences
1 July 2009 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

A most unusually themed 'pink' wherein, Ryoko Asagi puts in a great performance as she successfully convinces us that she covers for her father-in-law's long lost cow. There are wonderfully erotic sequences and some wry humour but essentially this is a movie centred around the increasing senility of the ageing small holding owner, whose son has died and his wife played by Ryoko, has hung on in there. There is some fine cinematography, illuminating the rural scenes but this is never seeming to end gloriously and indeed in the end there is much pathos and a real sense of loss and generosity of spirit. Mind you if you are looking for fleshy sex, there is plenty here, so don't be put of by the serious side. One more film that surely could only have been made in Japan.


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