Villon's Wife (2009)
Overview
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
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
Shohei Uno
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