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
Cast
Tadanobu Asano
Otani
Takako Matsu
Sachi
Shigeru Muroi
Miyo
Masatô Ibu
Kichizo
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Okada
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Tsuji
Ryoko Hirosue
Akiko
Ken Mitsuishi
Policeman
Mirai Yamamoto
Woman of Otani's group
Takuji Suzuki
Unknown
Masayuki Shida
Detective
Hirofumi Arai
Department worker
Erika Okuda
Prostitute
Hidekazu Mashima
Bar customer
Taijirō Tamura
Bar customer
Shohei Uno
Unknown
Crew
Kichitaro Negishi
Director
Yōzō Tanaka
Screenplay
Osamu Dazai
Novel
Akimasa Kawashima
Editor
Takahide Shibanushi
Director of Photography
Takashi Ishihara
Executive Producer
Miyoshi Kikuchi
Producer
Kuga Maeda
Producer
Kumi Kobata
Producer
Naoto Inaba
Associate Producer
Yohei Taneda
Production Design
Kyouko Yauchi
Production Design
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costumer
Kiyoshi Kakizawa
Sound Recordist
Takashi Yoshimatsu
Music
Tatsuya Osada
Gaffer
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