Villon's Wife (2009)
2009 · 1h 54m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
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…
Director: Kichitaro Negishi
Writers: Osamu Dazai, Yōzō Tanaka
Music by: Takashi Yoshimatsu
Cinematography: Takahide Shibanushi
Editor: Akimasa Kawashima
Cast
Tadanobu Asano as OtaniTakako Matsu as SachiShigeru Muroi as MiyoMasatô Ibu as KichizoSatoshi Tsumabuki as OkadaShinichi Tsutsumi as TsujiHirosue Ryoko as AkikoKen Mitsuishi as PolicemanMirai Yamamoto as Woman of Otani's groupTakuji SuzukiMasayuki Shida as DetectiveHirofumi Arai as Department workerMore like this
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