Wife (film)

For the 1996 film directed by Tom Noonan, see The Wife (film).
Wife
Japanese 妻
Directed by Mikio Naruse
Produced by Sanezumi Fujimoto
Written by Toshiro Ide
Based on Chairo no me 
by Fumiko Hayashi
Music by Ichirō Saitō
Production
company
Release dates
  • 29 April 1953
Running time
 89 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

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]

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.