Villon's Wife

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

6.542

114 min

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

Hirosue Ryoko

as Akiko

Ken Mitsuishi

as Policeman

Mirai Yamamoto

as Woman of Otani's group

Takuji Suzuki

Masayuki Shida

as Detective

Hirofumi Arai

as Department worker

Erika Okuda

as Prostitute

Hidekazu Mashima

as Bar customer

Taijirō Tamura

as Bar customer

Shohei Uno

Director

Kichitaro Negishi