Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)

Just as the title says, this is the story of a year in the life of a perfect wife, and just as you would also expect, it is a year that ends in a death scene. The primary interest is that this is an autobiographical movie by Kaneto Shindo about not only his first wife …

Wedding Ring (1950)

    Kinoshita's Wedding Ring is a fascinating example of the post-war Japanese "women's picture," sort of a cross between Brief Encounter and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the woman in the triangle. She had been married for barely a year when her husband (Jukichi Uno) was called up. After the war ended, he …