Jigyaku no Uta (2007)

Original title

自虐の詩

Directed by

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A loyal wife works long hours at a noodle shop while her lazy gangster husband does nothing. Despite her friends urging her to leave, she stays with him because he once saved her from misery.

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What happens

Jigyaku no Uta (自虐の詩; lit. "Self-torture Song") is a Japanese manga series by Yoshiie Gouda. The series was adapted by Yukihiko Tsutsumi into a film, known in Japan under the same title and in the United States as Happily Ever After. Viz Pictures licensed the film for release in the United States. The series follows husband and wife Isao Hayama (葉山 イサオ, Hayama Isao) and Yukie Morita (森田 幸江, Morita Yukie). Yukie works at a noodle shop for long hours while Isao is a lazy gangster. Yukie's friends ask her to leave her husband, but Yukie feels an obligation to him because Isao had initially saved her from misery. The film aired in a selection of theaters in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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