an offbeat japanese variant, the 2003 film "a lonely cow weeps at dawn" ("chikan gifu: musuko no yome to...", also known as "a cow at daybreak", "cowshed of immorality", or "father in law"), belongs to the japanese "pinku" (pink film) genre of softcore films. the drama tells the story of a senile farmer (named shukichi) who enjoys a bizarrely sexualized relationship with his daughter-in-law (named noriko). the director, daisuke goto, claims that the film was strongly influenced by, among other works, "late spring".