Drama ·Romance · Japan · 2009 · 1h 54m

Villon's Wife

ヴィヨンの妻 〜桜桃とタンポポ〜

Villon's Wife poster
Director
Kichitaro Negishi
Cast
Tadanobu Asano as Otani Takako Matsu as Sachi Shigeru Muroi as Miyo Masatô Ibu as Kichizo Satoshi Tsumabuki as Okada Shinichi Tsutsumi as Tsuji
Crew
Takahide Shibanushi — Director of Photography Akimasa Kawashima — Editor Takashi Yoshimatsu — Original Music Composer Yōzō Tanaka — Screenplay Osamu Dazai — Novel Miyoshi Kikuchi — Producer
Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes
man woman relationshipwriterhuman relationshippost-war chaos period
Key Collaborators
Kichitaro Negishi Director Takahide Shibanushi Director of Photography Akimasa Kawashima Editor Takashi Yoshimatsu Original Music Composer Yōzō Tanaka Screenplay Osamu Dazai Novel Miyoshi Kikuchi Producer Kuga Maeda Producer Kumi Kobata Producer Yohei Taneda Production Design Kazuko Kurosawa Costume Design
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