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Villon's Wife

2009 · 114 min

A slow, sorrowful immersion into a marriage's quiet ruin, where devotion and self-destruction blur into a tender, exhausting ache.

Genres
Drama, Romance
Overview
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

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • love
  • addiction
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Kichitaro Negishi
Written by
Yōzō Tanaka
Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Takako Matsu, Shigeru Muroi, Masatô Ibu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ryoko Hirosue, Ken Mitsuishi
Music
Takashi Yoshimatsu
Cinematography
Takahide Shibanushi
Runtime
114 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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