This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival
Kichitaro Negishi
Director

Tadanobu Asano
Otani

Takako Matsu
Sachi

Shigeru Muroi
Miyo

Masatô Ibu
Kichizo

Satoshi Tsumabuki
Okada

Shinichi Tsutsumi
Tsuji

Hirosue Ryoko
Akiko

Ken Mitsuishi
Policeman

Mirai Yamamoto
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