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Story of a Beloved Wife
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Wikipedia article
is a 1951 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. It was Shindo's debut film as a director. It is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa stars as the wife who supports him through his early struggles.
Plot
Yamazaki, an aspiring screenwriter, played by Jkichi Uno, is boarding with a couple and their daughter. He and the daughter become involved romantically and the father asks him to leave, and tells the daughter not to marry Yamazaki because of his insecure line of work.
In the end the wife dies of tuberculosis.
Cast
* Nobuko Otowa as Takako Ishikawa
* Jkichi Uno as Keita Numazaki
* Ichir Sugai as Masuda, director of the film studio
* Rysuke Kagawa as Kz Ishikawa
* Masao Shimizu as Masuda
* Yuriko Hanabusa as Yumie Ishikawa
* Osamu Takizawa as Film Director Sakaguchi
* Sabur Date as Sakunosuke ta
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