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
Tadanobu Asano
Takako Matsu
Shigeru Muroi
Masatô Ibu
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Ryoko Hirosue
Ken Mitsuishi
Mirai Yamamoto
Takuji Suzuki
Masayuki Shida
Hirofumi Arai
Erika Okuda
Hidekazu Mashima
Taijirō Tamura
Shohei Uno