Wife of a Spy

Wife of a Spy

Who should I trust?

2020•1h 54m•6.7/10

DramaWarThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(99)

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.

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Production

C&I entertainment, NHK Enterprises, Incline, ENBU Seminar, Kirinzi, Weroll, Nikkatsu Corporation, The Asahi Shimbun, Bitters End, AMUSE, DISK GARAGE, ASANO LABORATORIES, FELLOWS, ENBU Seminal, Kodansha, NHK, L'espace Vision

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Satoko Fukuhara

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Yūsaku Fukuhara

Masahiro Higashide

Masahiro Higashide

Yasuharu Tsumori

Ryota Bando

Ryota Bando

Fumio Takeshita

Yuri Tsunematsu

Yuri Tsunematsu

Komako

Hyunri

Hyunri

Hiroko Kusakabe

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Doctor Nozaki

Sakichi Sato

Sakichi Sato

Street vendor

Chuck Johnson

Chuck Johnson

Bob

Maki Nishiyama

Maki Nishiyama

Minosuke

Minosuke

Kanemura

Nihi

Nihi

Foreign Business Supplier

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