Wife
“Is this the way every woman, every wife, has to take?”
Synopsis
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.
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Edited by Eiji OoiShot by Masao TamaiScored by Ichiro SaitoDesigned by Satoru Chuko
Also known as
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- Wifeen
- Esposaes
- Épousefr
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Mieko Takamine
as Mihoko Nakagawa
Ken Uehara
as Toichi Nakagawa
Rentaro Mikuni
as Tadashi Tanimura
Michiyo Aratama
as Yoshimi Niemura
Sanae Takasugi
as Setsuko Sakurai
Chieko Nakakita
as Eiko Matsuyama
Yatsuko Tan Ami
as Fusako Sagara
Hajime Izu
as Hirohisa Matsuyama
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
as Taeko Niemura
Tatsuya Ishiguro
as Mihoko's Uncle
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