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Villon's Wife

6.520091h 54mMovieDramaRomance

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…

DirectorKichitaro Negishi
WriterYōzō Tanaka
ProducersMiyoshi Kikuchi·Takashi Ishihara

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Cast · Directed by Kichitaro Negishi

TATadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Asano
Otani
TMTakako Matsu
Takako Matsu
Sachi
SMShigeru Muroi
Shigeru Muroi
Miyo
MIMasatô Ibu
Masatô Ibu
Kichizo
STSatoshi Tsumabuki
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Okada
STShinichi Tsutsumi
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Tsuji
RHRyoko Hirosue
Ryoko Hirosue
Akiko
KMKen Mitsuishi
Ken Mitsuishi
Policeman
MYMirai Yamamoto
Mirai Yamamoto
Woman of Otani's group
TSTakuji Suzuki
Takuji Suzuki
MSMasayuki Shida
Masayuki Shida
Detective
HAHirofumi Arai
Hirofumi Arai
Department worker

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