Wife

1953 · 96 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 366 VOTES · DIR. Mikio Naruse

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Overview

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and the husband finds the wife slovenly and mean-spirited: she neither cooks not cleans particularly well and is generally disagreeable. In turn, he alternately ignores her and treats her as a servant. Neither is particularly happy, not helped by their unsatisfactory lodgers. The husband is easily seduced by an ex-colleague, a widow with a small child who needs some security, and considers leaving his wife.

Dialogue Timeline — 830 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:09 Toho
00:05:03 Sis, you know anyone interested in buying this?
00:07:38 But, it kept bothering me. So, I asked the owner who she was. And it was her.
00:11:11 I want to get out the house with Takuji, and make a living by myself.
00:15:49 I love paintings though I don't know how to enjoy them.
00:20:01 You should talk with her whether you will get a divorce or not.
00:23:57 My son modeled for this painting.
00:27:16 After all he is in love with Emiko.
00:31:42 Mr. Matsuyama, what is wrong?
00:35:51 It has been a long. I've always wanted to apologize to you.
00:38:56 That is kind of disagreeable. I don't want to rent but I want money.
00:42:41 Mr. Tanimura, aren't you gonna get excited?
00:48:45 She brought a really nice fridge. I wonder if it is an electric.
00:53:35 But a guy without money like him.
00:56:49 Yes.
01:00:58 My wife?
01:05:00 Welcome
01:08:26 Have you tried to care about others?
01:13:39 Hi
01:17:17 He doesn't love me anymore.
01:20:02 He pretends to be a coward but actually he is just cold hearted.
01:23:53 Madam. This is for you.
01:29:46 I came here because I couldn't sit by anymore.
01:35:05 What is to be a woman or to be a wife?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed830
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line01:35:05

Production Record

DirectorMikio Naruse
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes366