Wife

A quiet, observant study of a stale marriage, steeped in resignation and unspoken resentment, unfolding with gentle, melancholic precision.

Directed by

Mikio Naruse

Genres

Drama

Starring

Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentaro Mikuni

Tagline

Is this the way every woman, every wife, has to take?

Overview

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.

How it feels

Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, love, identity, isolation

Content

Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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