Wife of a Spy (2020)
Coming Out at October 16, 2020 in theaters
“Supai no tsuma”
Drama, History, War
Wife of a Spy is historical drama romance film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa and written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Tadashi Nohara. The film primiered at September 8, 2020 on Venice Film Festival.
The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku (Issey Takahashi) 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 (Japan Society’s 2021 Honoree Yû Aoi) 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.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tadashi Nohara
Stars: Yû Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide, Ryôta Bandô, Yuri Tsunematsu, Minosuke, Hyunri, Takashi Sasano
►Cast
| Yû Aoi | ► | Satoko Fukuhara |
| Issey Takahashi | ► | Yusaku Fukuhara |
| Masahiro Higashide | ► | Yasuharu Tsumori |
| Ryôta Bandô | ► | Fumio Takeshita |
| Yuri Tsunematsu | ► | Komako |
| Minosuke | ► | Kanemura |
| Hyunri | ► | Hiroko Kusakabe |
| Takashi Sasano | ► | Doctor Nozaki |