Villon's Wife (2009)
Original title: ヴィヨンの妻 〜桜桃とタンポポ〜
Villon's Wife is a 2009 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kichitaro Negishi, with a running time of 1h 54m. It stars Tadanobu Asano, Takako Matsu and Shigeru Muroi.
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
Cast
- Tadanobu Asano as Otani
- Takako Matsu as Sachi
- Shigeru Muroi as Miyo
- Masatô Ibu as Kichizo
- Satoshi Tsumabuki as Okada
- Shinichi Tsutsumi as Tsuji
- Hirosue Ryoko as Akiko
- Ken Mitsuishi as Policeman
- Mirai Yamamoto as Woman of Otani's group
- Takuji Suzuki
- Masayuki Shida as Detective
- Hirofumi Arai as Department worker