''Wife'' ( ja, 妻, Tsuma) is a 1953 Japanese

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki ("common people drama") films with female protagonists, ...

. It is based on Fumiko Hayashi's novel ''Chairo no me'' (1950).

Cast

Ken Uehara was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He starred in '' Entotsu no mieru basho'', which was entered in the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival. His son is the singer and actor Yūzō Kayama. Sel ...

as Toichi *

Mieko Takamine (2 December 1918 – 27 May 1990) was a Japanese actress and singer. Biography Mieko Takamine was born the eldest daughter of famous Biwa, chikuzen biwa player and teacher Chikufu Takamine. She gave her acting debut in the 1936 film ''Kimi yo ta ...

as Mihoko *Yatsuko Tan'ami as Fusako * Sanae Takasugi as Setsuko *

Rentarō Mikuni (also sometimes credited as 三国連太郎) (January 20, 1923 – April 14, 2013) was a Japanese film actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for ...

as Tadashi *

Michiyo Aratama was a Japanese film and stage actress. Biography After graduating from the Takarazuka Music and Dance School, Aratama joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1945. She gave her film debut in 1951, but it was not before 1955 that she left the Takarazuk ...

as Yoshimi *Chieko Nakakita as Eiko

Production

''Wife'' was part of a series of six films by Naruse based on works by writer Hayashi, made between 1951 and 1962. Like '' Repast'', the theme of ''Wife'' involved a couple trapped with each other and, like in ''

Lightning Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of an avera ...

'', an unhappy family.

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* * 1953 films 1953 drama films 1950s Japanese-language films Japanese black-and-white films Films directed by Mikio Naruse Toho films Films based on Japanese novels Films based on works by Fumiko Hayashi Films scored by Ichirō Saitō Films produced by Sanezumi Fujimoto Japanese drama films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub