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Wife (1953)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 36M

Director : Mikio Naruse
Writer : Toshirō Ide

Synopsis

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.

Actors

Mieko Takamine
Mieko Takamine
Mihoko Nakagawa
Ken Uehara
Ken Uehara
Toichi, Mihoko's husband
Rentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni
Tadashi Tanimura
Michiyo Aratama
Michiyo Aratama
Yoshimi Niemura
Chieko Nakakita
Chieko Nakakita
Eiko Matsuyama
Sanae Takasugi
Sanae Takasugi
Setsuko Sakurai
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Fusako Sagara
Hajime Izu
Hajime Izu
Hirohisa Matsuyama
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Taeko Niemura
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Akira Tani
Akira Tani
Kito
Noriko Honma
Noriko Honma
Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu
Sadako Kimura
Sadako Kimura
Eiji Koyama
Eiji Koyama
Masakichi Mitsui
Masakichi Mitsui
Hideko Ebata
Hideko Ebata
Tsuruko Mano
Tsuruko Mano
Toyomi Shiozawa
Toyomi Shiozawa
Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno

Crews

Mikio Naruse
Mikio Naruse
Director
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Producer
Masao Tamai
Masao Tamai
Director of Photography
Eiji Ooi
Eiji Ooi
Editor
Satoru Chûko
Satoru Chûko
Production Design
Teruo Maki
Teruo Maki
Production Manager
Masayoshi Kawanishi
Masayoshi Kawanishi
Assistant Director
Chôshichirô Mikami
Chôshichirô Mikami
Sound Recordist
Shigeru Mori
Shigeru Mori
Gaffer
Ichirō Saitō
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Toshirō Ide
Toshirō Ide
Screenplay
Fumiko Hayashi
Fumiko Hayashi
Novel

Posters and backgrounds

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