Villon's Wife

Villon's Wife

1h 54 min

2009

Japan

7

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.

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Cast

Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu

Sachi

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Otani

Shigeru Muroi

Shigeru Muroi

Miyo

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Kichizo

Ryôko Hirosue

Ryôko Hirosue

Akiko

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Okada

Shin'ichi Tsutsumi

Shin'ichi Tsutsumi

Tsuji

Hirofumi Arai

Hirofumi Arai

Department worker

Masashi Arifuku

Masashi Arifuku

Asako Kobayashi

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