TMDb Rating
6.5/10
12 verified votes
Villon's Wife (2009)
DramaRomance
114 min
Plot Summary
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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DramaRomanceKichitaro NegishiTadanobu AsanoTakako Matsu2009
Director
Kichitaro Negishi
Top Cast
Tadanobu AsanoTakako MatsuShigeru MuroiMasatô IbuSatoshi Tsumabuki
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