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.
Credits
Wife Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Tatsuya Ishiguro
He was 41, 54 years old when he died
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Rentarō Mikuni
He was 30, 90 years old when he died
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as Tadashi Tanimura |
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Michiyo Aratama
She was 23, 71 years old when she died
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as Yoshimi Niemura |
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Yoshiko Tsubouchi
She was 37, 70 years old when she died
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as Taeko Niemura |
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Noriko Honma
She was 41, 97 years old when she died
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Yatsuko Tan'ami
She was 28, now 99 years old
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as Fusako Sagara |
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Akira Tani
He was 12, now 58 years old
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Ken Uehara
He was 43, 82 years old when he died
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as Toichi, Mihoko's husband |
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Mieko Takamine
She was 34, 71 years old when she died
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as Mihoko Nakagawa |
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Tsuruko Mano
She was 44, now 115 years old
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Chieko Nakakita
She was 26, 79 years old when she died
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as Eiko Matsuyama |
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Masao Shimizu
He was 44, 67 years old when he died
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Sanae Takasugi
She was 34, 77 years old when she died
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as Setsuko Sakurai |
Wife Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Sanezumi Fujimoto as Producer. He was 42 (68) years old when He died
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Production |
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Masao Tamai as Director of Photography. He was 44 (88) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Toshirô Ide as Writer. He was 43 (78) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Ichirō Saitō as Original Music Composer. He was 43 (69) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Mikio Naruse as Director. He was 47 (63) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Fumiko Hayashi as Novel. She was 49 (47) years old when She died
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Writing |
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Satoru Chûko as Production Design. |
Art |
