Underplayed Gems

Wife (1953)

Wife poster
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
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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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