The Wife of Seisaku

Yasuzô Masumura

Kaneto Shindô

Tomohiro Akino

Tatsuji Nakashizu

Tadashi Yamauchi

Toshikazu Watanabe

Masaichi Nagata

Daiei [JP]

Ayako Wakao, Takahiro Tamura, Nobuo Chiba, Yûzô Hayakawa, Yuka Konno, Mikio Narita

This antimilitarist drama tells the tragic story of Oshino, a woman shunned by society who marries a soldier returning from the front, Seisaku, hoping for a fresh start. Despite her deep devotion, she faces social rejection and her husband’s war trauma. As their love fades away, her desperate struggle for acceptance leads to tragedy. The film explores the complex power dynamics in human relationships with a haunting visual style by Yasuzô Masumura.

DCP, B&W

Yasuzô Masumura
JAPAN (1924-1986)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1969 MÔJÛ / BLIND BEAST
1966 IREZUMI / THE SPIDER TATTOO
1975 AKAI TENSHI / THE RED ANGEL
1965 SEISAKU NO TSUMA / THE WIFE OF SEISAKU
1961 TSUMA WA KOKUHAKU SURU / A WIFE CONFESSES

Berlin, Tokyo, Shanghai

Spanish Premiere

Rights Owner
Kadokawa Corporation

Restored Print
4K print restored by KADOKAWA CORPORATION