Seisaku's Wife (清作の妻) 59 years old

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty. Upon her husband’s sudden death, she withdraws to her small farming village where she stoically submits to public opprobrium and lives the silent sullen life of a pariah. Along comes Seisaku, the local “model youth”, returning from his army duty: while she is the shame of the village, he is the pride of his community. Nevertheless, the disreputable beauty and the honorable patriot begin an unlikely and tumultuous love affair that will eventually render him as marginal as she.

Credits

Ayako Wakao as Okane

Taiji Tonoyama as Retired man

Takahiro Tamura as Seisaku

Yuka Konno as Oshina

Yûzô Hayakawa as Sergeant

Seisaku's Wife Cast

Name	Character
Ayako Wakao She was 31, now 90 years old	as Okane
Taiji Tonoyama He was 49, 73 years old when he died	as Retired man
Takahiro Tamura He was 36, 77 years old when he died	as Seisaku
Yuka Konno She was 22, now 81 years old	as Oshina
Yûzô Hayakawa He was 40, 85 years old when he died	as Sergeant

Seisaku's Wife Crew

Name	Department
Kaneto Shindō as Writer. He was 53 (100) years old when He died	Writing
Yasuzo Masumura as Director. He was 40 (62) years old when He died	Directing

Seisaku's Wife (59 years)

Release day: Friday, June 25, 1965
Runtime: 93 minutes