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Supai no tsuma = Wife of a spy / a film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa ; written by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Tadashi Nohara, Kiyoshi Kurosawa ; directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa ; produced by NHK Enterprises, Incline LLP, C&I Entertainment Inc.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K25673 | Kino LorberLanguage: Japanese Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2021]Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Wife of a spy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music, Ryosuke Nagaoka ; cinematographer, Tatsunosuke Sasaki ; editor, Hidemi Lee.
Cast: Yu Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Ryota Bando, Yuri Tsunematsu, Minosuke, Hyunri, Masahiro Higashide, Takashi Sasano.Summary: The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria, he becomes determined to bring to light the things he witnessed there, and secretly filmed. Meanwhile, his wife Satoko receives a visit from her childhood friend, now a military policeman. He warns her about Yusaku's seditious ways and reveals that a woman her husband brought back from his trip has died. Satoko confronts Yusaku, but when she discovers his true intentions, she is torn between loyalty to her husband, the life they have built, and the country they call home.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria, he becomes determined to bring to light the things he witnessed there, and secretly filmed. Meanwhile, his wife Satoko receives a visit from her childhood friend, now a military policeman. He warns her about Yusaku's seditious ways and reveals that a woman her husband brought back from his trip has died. Satoko confronts Yusaku, but when she discovers his true intentions, she is torn between loyalty to her husband, the life they have built, and the country they call home.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (1.85:1, 16x9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 or 2.0.

Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.

Yu Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Ryota Bando, Yuri Tsunematsu, Minosuke, Hyunri, Masahiro Higashide, Takashi Sasano.

Music, Ryosuke Nagaoka ; cinematographer, Tatsunosuke Sasaki ; editor, Hidemi Lee.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2020.

Wide screen.

The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria, he becomes determined to bring to light the things he witnessed there, and secretly filmed. Meanwhile, his wife Satoko receives a visit from her childhood friend, now a military policeman. He warns her about Yusaku's seditious ways and reveals that a woman her husband brought back from his trip has died. Satoko confronts Yusaku, but when she discovers his true intentions, she is torn between loyalty to her husband, the life they have built, and the country they call home.

Bonus features: The making of Wife of a spy; trailer.

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