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

• Kichitaro NegishiDirector
• Yōzō TanakaScreenplay
• Takashi YoshimatsuOriginal Music Composer

• Tadanobu AsanoOtani
• Takako MatsuSachi
• Shigeru MuroiMiyo
• Masatô IbuKichizo
• Satoshi TsumabukiOkada
• Shinichi TsutsumiTsuji
• Hirosue RyokoAkiko
• Ken MitsuishiPoliceman
• Mirai YamamotoWoman of Otani's group
• Takuji SuzukiCast
• Masayuki ShidaDetective
• Hirofumi AraiDepartment worker