Wife (film)

Wife (妻 Tsuma) is a film directed by Japanese director Mikio Naruse originally released in 1953. It is based on the novel Chairo no me, written by Fumiko Hayashi in 1950.[1] Like other Naruse films from this period, such as Repast and Husband and Wife, the theme of Wife involves a couple trapped with each other.[2] Another theme common to several Naruse films of the period is the way loving relationships dissipate as a result of economic pressures.[3] And like two other Naruse films based on novels by Hayashi, Repast and Lightning, the story involves a stale marriage and unhappy family.[4]

For the 1995 film directed by Tom Noonan, see The Wife (1995 film).
Wife
Japanese妻
Directed byMikio Naruse
Produced bySanezumi Fujimoto
Written byToshirō Ide
Based onChairo no me
by Fumiko Hayashi
Music byIchirō Saitō
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 April 1953 (1953-04-29)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Cast

References
  1. Goble, A., ed. (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 212. ISBN 9783110951943.
  2. Richie, D. (2012). A Hundred Years of Japanese Film. Kodansha. p. 126. ISBN 9781568364391.
  3. Fujiwara, C. "Mikio Naruse: The Other Women and The View from the Outside". Film Comment. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  4. Jacoby, A. (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781933330532.


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