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

Otani

Sachi

Miyo

Kichizo

Okada

Tsuji

Akiko

Policeman

Woman of Otani's group

Acting

Department worker

Prostitute

Bar customer

Bar customer

Acting
October 10, 2009

Otani

Sachi

Miyo

Kichizo

Okada

Tsuji

Akiko

Policeman

Woman of Otani's group

Acting

Department worker

Prostitute

Bar customer

Bar customer

Acting
