Villon's Wife

Here's a film unafraid to ask: can a marriage survive a bad novelist? Set in post-war Tokyo, a long-suffering wife must deal with her husband's drinking, affairs, and general inability to be a decent human being. It's a portrait, then, of a woman who loves too much, or at least tolerates far too much.

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Kichitaro Negishi directed Villon's Wife in 2009. See Kichitaro Negishi's full filmography, where to start with Kichitaro Negishi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kichitaro Negishi.

Villon's Wife was released in 2009 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.