Villon's Wife

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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

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Director

Kichitaro Negishi

Director

Cast

Tadanobu Asano

Otani

Takako Matsu

Sachi

Shigeru Muroi

Miyo

Masatô Ibu

Kichizo

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Okada

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Tsuji

Hirosue Ryoko

Akiko

Ken Mitsuishi

Policeman

Mirai Yamamoto

Woman of Otani's group

Takuji Suzuki

Masayuki Shida

Detective

Hirofumi Arai

Department worker

Erika Okuda

Prostitute

Hidekazu Mashima

Bar customer

Taijirō Tamura

Bar customer

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