Seisaku's Wife
1965 · 94 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama, Romance, War
On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.
Directed by Yasuzō Masumura · Written by Kaneto Shindō
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Ayako Wakao Okane -
Takahiro Tamura Seisaku -
Yūzō Hayakawa Sergeant -
Mikio Narita Military Police Sergeant Major -
Mantarō Ushio Village Chief -
Nobuo Chiba Heisuke -
Takamaru Sasaki Old Captain -
Taiji Tonoyama Retired Man -
Yuka Konno Oshina -
Hiroko Machida Goro's Wife -
Noriko Hodaka Wife of Retired Man's Son -
Fumiko Murata Seisaku's Mother
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