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Seisaku's Wife

1965 · 94 min

A quiet, somber period drama that lingers on a woman's loneliness and longing, moving slowly toward a painful reckoning.

Directed by: Yasuzō Masumura
Genres: Drama, Romance, War
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Takahiro Tamura, Yūzō Hayakawa

Overview: On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.

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Directed by: Yasuzō Masumura
Genres: Drama, Romance, War
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Takahiro Tamura, Yūzō Hayakawa

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Tone
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
class
love
war
betrayal
Places: small town
countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance, war
Directed by: Yasuzō Masumura
Written by: Kaneto Shindō
Starring: Ayako Wakao, Takahiro Tamura, Yūzō Hayakawa, Mikio Narita, Mantarō Ushio, Nobuo Chiba, Takamaru Sasaki, Taiji Tonoyama
Music: Tadashi Yamanouchi
Cinematography: Tomohiro Akino
Runtime: 94 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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