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
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Tadanobu Asano
Otani
Kichitaro Negishi
Director
Yōzō Tanaka
Screenplay
Osamu Dazai
Novel
Takashi Ishihara
Executive Producer
直井里美
Executive Producer
酒井彰
Executive Producer
Miyoshi Kikuchi
Producer
Kumi Kobata
Producer
Kuga Maeda
Producer
Takahide Shibanushi
Director of Photography
Takashi Yoshimatsu
Original Music Composer
Akimasa Kawashima
Editor
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Yohei Taneda
Production Design
