About this release
Y? Aoi, Issey Takahashi, and Masahiro Higashide star in director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's historical drama. During World War II, a Japanese wife begins to doubt her merchant husband's loyalty to the nation after he witnesses a barbaric act in Manchuria. After being warned that her husband may be a spy for the Allied Forces, she is torn between her love for him and her ties to their homeland. Co-starring Ry?ta Band?, Yuri Tsunematsu, and Chuck Johnson.
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Disc 1
BDWife of a Spy (2020)
114 min
DramaWarThriller
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
Credits
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Tadashi Nohara
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast
Yu Aoias Satoko Fukuhara
Issey Takahashias Yūsaku Fukuhara
Masahiro Higashideas Yasuharu Tsumori
Ryota Bandoas Fumio Takeshita
Yuri Tsunematsuas Komako
Hyunrias Hiroko Kusakabe
Takashi Sasanoas Doctor Nozaki
Sakichi Satoas Street vendor
Chuck Johnsonas Bob
Maki Nishiyama
Cinematographer
Tatsunosuke Sasaki
Editor
Lee Yeong-mi
Producer
Teruhisa Yamamoto
Hideyuki Okamoto
Tamon Kondo
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 8, 2026