Wife (film)
Wife (Japanese: 妻, romanized: Tsuma) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on Fumiko Hayashi's novel Chairo no me (1950).[2]
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| Japanese | 妻 |
| Directed by | Mikio Naruse |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Sanezumi Fujimoto |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Masao Tamai |
| Edited by | Eiji Ooi |
| Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
- Ken Uehara as Toichi
- Mieko Takamine as Mihoko
- Yatsuko Tan'ami as Fusako
- Sanae Takasugi as Setsuko
- Rentarō Mikuni as Tadashi
- Michiyo Aratama as Yoshimi
- Chieko Nakakita as Eiko
Production
Wife was part of a series of six films by Naruse based on works by writer Hayashi, made between 1951 and 1962. Like Repast, the theme of Wife involved a couple trapped with each other[3] and, like in Lightning, an unhappy family.[4]
References
- "Wife at the Japanese Movie Database" (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- Goble, Alan, ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 212. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
- Richie, Donald (2012). A Hundred Years of Japanese Film. Kodansha. p. 126. ISBN 9781568364391.
- Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781933330532.
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