The Japanese Wife Next Door

Somewhere in Tokyo, a man’s polite refusal of a second drink proves too subtle. Office worker Takashi soon finds himself married to Sakura and installed in a household already crowded with relatives. The honeymoon ends when Sakura’s enthusiasm for room-temperature passion heats every shared space.

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Yutaka Ikejima directed The Japanese Wife Next Door in 2004. See Yutaka Ikejima's full filmography, where to start with Yutaka Ikejima, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yutaka Ikejima.

The Japanese Wife Next Door was released in 2004 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 60 minutes.