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Villon's Wife

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Villon's Wife

6.5

1h 54m

2009

Synopsis

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

Director

Kichitaro Negishi

DramaRomance

man woman relationshipwriterhuman relationshippost-war chaos period

Cast & Crew

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

as Otani

Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu

as Sachi

Shigeru Muroi

Shigeru Muroi

as Miyo

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

as Kichizo

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

as Okada

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Shinichi Tsutsumi

as Tsuji

Hirosue Ryoko

Hirosue Ryoko

as Akiko

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

as Policeman

Mirai Yamamoto

Mirai Yamamoto

as Woman of Otani's group

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