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Sachi is the long-suffering wife of popular novelist Otani in post-World War II Japan. Brilliant but self-destructive, Otani spends his days drinking, running up debts, and looking for inspiration with other women. A visit from Miyo and Kichizo, the owners of the tavern which Otani frequents, informs Sachi that her husband has run up a fortune in debts and has stolen money from them. To pay off the debt, Sachi becomes a waitress at the bar, where her beauty and warmth bring in new customers. While working at the bar, she meets a young laborer, Okada, who falls in love with her. Also on hand are Sachi's old boyfriend, Tsuji, and her husband's mistress, Akiko. Though increasingly empowered by her new independence, Sachi retains her allegiance to her husband. Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Norsk
  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Oct 10, 2009
  • Duration: 1 hr. 54 min.
  • Score: 7.4 (scored by 56 users)
  • Ranked: #83795
  • Popularity: #17685
  • Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

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Parth3na
2 people found this review helpful
Jul 12, 2020
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.0
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A very contemporary tale from the 1940s

This is my 1st Review so... don't bother. But i decided to write because this movie was even better than i was expecting, It deals not only with family issues and the topic of the wife dealing with the drama of what she did with her life and why she didn't go after the man she loved and having to endure the consequences of having an alcoholic and womanizing husband and finding relief from problems in a new job. But what caught my attention was Otani Joji himself (in parts it's my fault for liking sad stuff for personal reasons), a famous writer that struggles with depression and 'cause of that, turns to be a terrible father and husband but also has his male pride hurt when he discovers that his wife has an ''affair'' and is also called gigolo by her. Like he says ''I've always wanted to die since i was a kid'' but he fails to die and this burden to be alive is what destroys him and everybody around him, he claims to be a monster but he's just a human afterall... and omg Tadanobu Asano is so freakin' hot. This story is so envolving that you almost forget it's a post-war film...

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  • Movie: Villon's Wife
  • Country: Japan
  • Release Date: Oct 10, 2009
  • Duration: 1 hr. 54 min.
  • Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

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  • Score: 7.4 (scored by 56 users)
  • Ranked: #83795
  • Popularity: #17685
  • Watchers: 215

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