Wife of a Spy (2020)
(Supai no tsuma)
Country: JAP
Technical: col 115m
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast: Yû Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide
Synopsis:
1941: an import-export broker comes under official suspicion because of his association with foreign nationals, but it is only after a trip to Manchuria that his wife begins to suspect he may be leading a double life.
Review:
Somber, deliberately paced thriller (for want of a better word), literally dark as it takes place frequently inside shuttered rooms and the sun does not appear to shine much. It is really about the gradual emancipation of the wife, who finally becomes the equal of her husband, a process that might be said to mirror Japan's emergence from political regressiveness, though this is not explicit: her adoption of western forms of dress is every bit as cosmopolitan as his, and her one use of traditional dress is calculated to deceive.
(Supai no tsuma)
Country: JAP
Technical: col 115m
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast: Yû Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide
Synopsis:
1941: an import-export broker comes under official suspicion because of his association with foreign nationals, but it is only after a trip to Manchuria that his wife begins to suspect he may be leading a double life.
Review:
Somber, deliberately paced thriller (for want of a better word), literally dark as it takes place frequently inside shuttered rooms and the sun does not appear to shine much. It is really about the gradual emancipation of the wife, who finally becomes the equal of her husband, a process that might be said to mirror Japan's emergence from political regressiveness, though this is not explicit: her adoption of western forms of dress is every bit as cosmopolitan as his, and her one use of traditional dress is calculated to deceive.
(Supai no tsuma)
Country: JAP
Technical: col 115m
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast: Yû Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide
Synopsis:
1941: an import-export broker comes under official suspicion because of his association with foreign nationals, but it is only after a trip to Manchuria that his wife begins to suspect he may be leading a double life.
Review:
Somber, deliberately paced thriller (for want of a better word), literally dark as it takes place frequently inside shuttered rooms and the sun does not appear to shine much. It is really about the gradual emancipation of the wife, who finally becomes the equal of her husband, a process that might be said to mirror Japan's emergence from political regressiveness, though this is not explicit: her adoption of western forms of dress is every bit as cosmopolitan as his, and her one use of traditional dress is calculated to deceive.