Villon's Wife

Oct 10, 2009

1h 54m

★ 6.5

Overview

This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

TOHO

Fuji Television Network

PAPADO Music Publishers

Shinchosha Company

Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp.

Film Makers

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Cast

Otani

Tadanobu Asano

Sachi

Takako Matsu

Miyo

Shigeru Muroi

Kichizo

Masatô Ibu

Okada

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Tsuji

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Akiko

Hirosue Ryoko

Policeman

Ken Mitsuishi

Woman of Otani's group

Mirai Yamamoto

Takuji Suzuki

Detective

Masayuki Shida

Department worker

Hirofumi Arai

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