Wife of a Spy

Oct 16, 2020

1h 54m

★ 6.7

Who should I trust?

Overview

It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.

Genres

Drama

War

Thriller

Production Companies

C&I entertainment

NHK Enterprises

Incline

ENBU Seminar

Kirinzi

Weroll

Nikkatsu Corporation

The Asahi Shimbun

Bitters End

AMUSE

DISK GARAGE

ASANO LABORATORIES

FELLOWS

ENBU Seminal

Kodansha

NHK

L'espace Vision

Wife of a Spy Trailers

Cast

Satoko Fukuhara

Yu Aoi

Yūsaku Fukuhara

Issey Takahashi

Yasuharu Tsumori

Masahiro Higashide

Fumio Takeshita

Ryota Bando

Komako

Yuri Tsunematsu

Hiroko Kusakabe

Hyunri

Doctor Nozaki

Takashi Sasano

Street vendor

Sakichi Sato

Bob

Chuck Johnson

Maki Nishiyama

Kanemura

Minosuke

Foreign Business Supplier

Nihi

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