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Villon's Wife

Kichitaro Negishi

2009 • 1h 54m

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 Osa...

Villon's Wife

Cast

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu AsanoOtani

Takako Matsu

Takako MatsuSachi

Shigeru Muroi

Shigeru MuroiMiyo

Masatô Ibu

Masatô IbuKichizo

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi TsumabukiOkada

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Shinichi TsutsumiTsuji

Hirosue Ryoko

Hirosue RyokoAkiko

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken MitsuishiPoliceman

Mirai Yamamoto

Mirai YamamotoWoman of Otani's group

Takuji Suzuki

Masayuki Shida

Masayuki ShidaDetective

Hirofumi Arai

Hirofumi AraiDepartment worker

Erika Okuda

Erika OkudaProstitute

Hidekazu Mashima

Hidekazu MashimaBar customer

Taijirō Tamura

Taijirō TamuraBar customer

Crew

Kichitaro Negishi

Kichitaro NegishiDirector

Osamu Dazai

Osamu DazaiNovel

Yohei Taneda

Yohei TanedaProduction Design

Akimasa Kawashima

Akimasa KawashimaEditor

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