Japan / Apr 29, 1953
Is this the way every woman, every wife, has to take?
1h 36min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hajime Izu | Hirohisa Matsuyama |
| Yoshiko Tsubouchi | Taeko Niemura |
| Tatsuya Ishiguro | |
| Akira Tani | Kito |
| Noriko Honma | |
| Masao Shimizu | |
| Sadako Kimura | |
| Eiji Koyama | |
| Masakichi Mitsui | |
| Hideko Ebata | |
| Tsuruko Mano | |
| Toyomi Shiozawa |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 妻 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | TOHO |
| Release date | 29 aprile 1953 |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto |
| Writer | Toshiro Ide, Fumiko Hayashi |
| Editing | Eiji Ooi |
| Cinematography | Masao Tamai |
| Assistant directors | Masayoshi Kawanishi, Mikio Naruse |
| Lighting | Shigeru Mori |
| Camera operators | Masao Tamai |
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| Additional photography | Masao Tamai |
| Production design | Satoru Chūko |
| Art direction | Satoru Chūko |
| Set decoration | Satoru Chūko |
| Music | Ichirō Saitō |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō |
Release dates
Theatrical release
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