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A Beloved Wife

2019 · 118 min

It feels like a wry, honest look at a marriage stuck in a rut, balancing humor with quiet sadness.

Directed by: Shin Adachi
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Gaku Hamada, Asami Mizukawa, Chise Niitsu

Overview: A comedic portrait of an unhappy marriage between an unemployed screenwriter and his wife who's supported him for 10 years, based on the writer/director's own autobiography.

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Directed by: Shin Adachi
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Gaku Hamada, Asami Mizukawa, Chise Niitsu

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
work
identity
love
ambition
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Directed by: Shin Adachi
Written by: Shin Adachi
Starring: Gaku Hamada, Asami Mizukawa, Chise Niitsu, Kayoko Okubo, Kaho, Tadashi Sakata, Shohei Uno, Daisuke Kuroda
Music: Shogo Kaida
Cinematography: Masami Inomoto
Runtime: 118 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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