Villon's Wife

Villon's Wife

114 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 10, 2009

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

Villon's Wife

114 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 10, 2009

Villon's Wife
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
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers
Original title ヴィヨンの妻 〜桜桃とタンポポ〜
Directors Kichitaro Negishi
Writers Yōzō Tanaka, Osamu Dazai

Cast

Tadanobu Asano

as Otani

Takako Matsu

as Sachi

Shigeru Muroi

as Miyo

Masatō Ibu

as Kichizo

Ryoko Hirosue

as Akiko

Ken Mitsuishi

as Policeman

Mirai Yamamoto

as Woman of Otani's group

Masayuki Shida

as Detective

Hirofumi Arai

as Department worker

Erika Okuda

as Prostitute

Hidekazu Mashima

as Bar customer

Taijirô Tamura

as Bar customer