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.

Cast

Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Chieko Nakakita, Sanae Takasugi, Yatsuko Tan'ami, Hajime Izu

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What is "Wife" about?

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.

When was "Wife" released?

Wife was released in 1953.

Who stars in "Wife"?

The cast includes Mieko Takamine, Ken Uehara, Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama.

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