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  • 2021
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2021
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary The year is 1940 in Kobe, the night before the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant, Yusaku Fukuhara, senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. He leaves his wife Satoko behind and travels to Manchuria. There, he coincidentally witnesses a barbarous act and is determined to bring it to light. He leaps into action. Mea...

Directed By: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Written By: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Tadashi Nohara, Kiyoshi Kurosawa

  • 2021
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2021
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 55 m

Wife of a Spy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
79
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary The year is 1940 in Kobe, the night before the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant, Yusaku Fukuhara, senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. He leaves his wife Satoko behind and travels to Manchuria. There, he coincidentally witnesses a barbarous act and is determined to bring it to light. He leaps into action. Mea...

Directed By: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Written By: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Tadashi Nohara, Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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100
Oct 22, 2021
Wife of a Spy is in some ways an imperfect film, sometimes stiff at the joints or broadly obvious, but it’s also carefully crafted and conceptually inspired.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
89
Oct 21, 2021
The story is captivating, the characters are magnificently fleshed out, and the emotional stakes are entirely, utterly believable.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 6, 2021
There is sweep and confidence in this movie
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
79
Sep 17, 2021
Wife of a Spy doesn’t necessarily change its tone when the stakes are raised so much as shift its concerns from what’s on the surface to what courses underneath in a time of war.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 15, 2021
The movie is sometimes quiet and poky to a fault; a few cheap pulp thrills might’ve made it feel more vital from start to finish. But Kurosawa and co-screenwriter Ryusuke Hamaguchi do gradually build tension and intrigue across Wife Of A Spy’s two hours, while also openly confronting a dark chapter of Japanese history.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
67
Sep 14, 2020
While this crisp and subdued Hitchcockian melodrama represents yet another unexpected pivot from a filmmaker who’s never liked putting one foot in front of the other (it’s Kurosawa’s first period piece), it’s also just a well-done slab of red meat from someone who hasn’t served up a satisfying meal in so long that it seemed as if he might’ve forgotten how.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 11, 2021
Wife of a Spy could use a streak of live-wire, huckster crudeness, a bit of melodrama delivered in an unselfconscious manner.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company C&I Entertainment, ENBU Seminar, Incline, Kirinzi, NHK Enterprises, NHK, Weroll
Release Date Sep 17, 2021
Duration 1 h 55 m
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Website https://www.acontracorrientefilms.com/movie/wife-of-a-spy-supai-no-tsuma/in-cinemas
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Awards

Asian Film Awards
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Huading Award
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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