Synopsis
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
Ratings
IMDb7/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Kichitaro NegishiDirector
- Yōzō TanakaScreenplay
- Takashi YoshimatsuOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tadanobu AsanoOtani
- Takako MatsuSachi
- Shigeru MuroiMiyo
- Masatô IbuKichizo
- Satoshi TsumabukiOkada
- Shinichi TsutsumiTsuji
- Ryoko HirosueAkiko
- Ken MitsuishiPoliceman
- Mirai YamamotoWoman of Otani's group
- Takuji SuzukiCast
- Masayuki ShidaDetective
- Hirofumi AraiDepartment worker
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Themes
man woman relationshipwriterhuman relationshippost-war chaos period