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Villon's Wife
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浅野忠信
Otani
松たか子
Sachi
室井滋
Miyo
伊武雅刀
Kichizo
妻夫木聡
Okada
堤真一
Tsuji
広末涼子
Akiko
光石研
Policeman
山本未來
Woman of Otani's group
鈴木卓爾
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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
Release Date
2009-10-10
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6.5
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