Villon's Wife

Villon's Wife
2009
★★★☆☆ 6.6/10
⏱️ 114 min
📅 Released
🌐 JA
DramaRomance
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

Cast

Tadanobu Asano
Tadanobu Asano
Otani
Takako Matsu
Takako Matsu
Sachi
Shigeru Muroi
Shigeru Muroi
Miyo
Masatô Ibu
Masatô Ibu
Kichizo
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Okada
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Tsuji

Crew

Director
Kichitaro Negishi
Writer
Yōzō Tanaka
Producer
Miyoshi Kikuchi, Takashi Ishihara, Kuga Maeda

Production

TOHO, Fuji Television Network, PAPADO Music Publishers, Inc., Shinchosha Company, Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., Film Makers

Keywords

man woman relationshipwriterhuman relationshippost-war chaos period