11 votes
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

Status: Released
Released Date: 2009-10-10
Runtime: 114 mins
Director: Kichitaro Negishi
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: Villon's Wife
Production Companies: TOHO
Production Countries: Japan

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Takuji Suzuki

Masayuki Shida

Hirofumi Arai

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