Villon's Wife

Overview

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

Production Companies

TOHO, Fuji Television Network, PAPADO Music Publishers, Shinchosha Company, Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., Film Makers