Storyline
Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.
Cast & Crew
Sachiko Chiba
Kimiko Yamamoto
Lead
Yuriko Hanabusa
Oyuki
TI
Toshiko Itō
Etsuko Yamamoto
Setsuko Horikoshi
Shizuko (Oyuki's daughter)
Sadao Maruyama
Shunsaku Yamamoto
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
KI
Kaoru Itō
Kenichi (Oyuki's son)
Kamatari Fujiwara
Shingo (Kimiko's uncle)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mikio Naruse's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Wife! Be Like a Rose! is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
