Villon's Wife: 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.

Starring:

Asako Kobayashi, Gregory Pekar, Hirofumi Arai, Ken Mitsuishi, Masatô Ibu, Ryoko Hirosue, Shigeru Muroi, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Tadanobu Asano, Takako Matsu, Takuji Suzuki

Genre:

Drama