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The production of the film started in April 2007. This is the first time Aparna Sen has made a film based on someone else's story. This movie is based on the title story of The Japanese Wife and Other Stories by Bengali Indian author Kunal Basu, who writes from Oxford and is an engineer by training.
Tsuru no Ongaeshi (鶴の恩返し, lit."Crane's Return of a Favor") is a story from Japanese folklore about a crane who returns a favor to a man. A variant of the story where a man marries the crane that returns the favor is known as Tsuru Nyōbō (鶴女房, "Crane Wife").
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife (僕と妻の1778の物語, Boku to tsuma no 1778 no monogatari) is a 2011 Japanese film based on the true story of the science fiction writer Taku Mayumura. [1] It was directed by Mamoru Hoshi, and stars actor Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and actress Yūko Takeuchi. [1]
Tokyo Story (Japanese: 東京物語, Hepburn: Tōkyō Monogatari) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and starring Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama, about an aging couple who travel to Tokyo to visit their grown children.
Wife of a Spy (Japanese: スパイの妻, Hepburn: Supai no Tsuma) is a 2020 Japanese spy drama film directed and co-written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. [1] [2] Starring Yū Aoi and Issey Takahashi, the film is set in Japan during World War II, and centers on a wife who starts suspecting that her husband may be a spy for the United States.
Wife was the third in a series of six films by Naruse based on works by writer Hayashi, made between 1951 and 1962. Like Repast , the theme of Wife involved a couple trapped with each other. [ 4 ] Because Naruse's regular star Hideko Takamine had turned down the role of Mineko, Mieko Takamine took over the part.
Story of a Beloved Wife (愛妻物語, Aisai monogatari) is a 1951 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was Shindō's debut film as a director. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The story is a fictionalised account of Shindō's first marriage.
Japanese Story is a 2003 Australian romantic drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival . [ 3 ]