Wife (1953)
- Original title
- 妻
- Directed by
- Mikio Naruse
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wife struggles with her role in a strained marriage in post-war Japan. The film follows her quiet, daily frustrations as she cares for her husband and child.
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What happens
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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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