

114 minutes
10/10/2009
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
as Otani

Takako Matsu
as Sachi

Shigeru Muroi
as Miyo

Masatô Ibu
as Kichizo

Satoshi Tsumabuki
as Okada

Shinichi Tsutsumi
as Tsuji

Ryoko Hirosue
as Akiko

Ken Mitsuishi
as Policeman

Mirai Yamamoto
as Woman of Otani's group

Takuji Suzuki
Masayuki Shida
as Detective

Hirofumi Arai
as Department worker

Erika Okuda
as Prostitute

Hidekazu Mashima
as Bar customer

Taijirō Tamura
as Bar customer

Shohei Uno