Summary: The competing husband and wife voiceovers that open the 1953 Mikio Naruse melodrama Wife set up a character dialectic that never comes to fruition and though the title suggests the resulting imbalance may be intentional, the film still plays out as a deeply flawed examination of marital discord. (Slant Magazine)

AKA: Wife

Country: Japan

Directed By: Mikio Naruse

Written By: Toshirô Ide, Fumiko Hayashi

Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Chieko Nakakita, Ken Uehara, Mieko Takamine, Sanae Takasugi

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