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That Night's Wife

193065 minJapan
Drama

Synopsis

A desperate father commits a robbery to obtain money while his daughter lies critically ill. A detective follows him to the family's apartment, where his wife takes control of the weapon and refuses to let anyone leave before the child survives the night. The cramped room becomes a temporary suspension of pursuit, forcing duty and compassion into immediate contact.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Japanese.
This copy runs
65:06
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Japanese. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Yasujirō Ozu · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsYasujirō Ozu

Historical context

Ozu begins with the movement and shadows of a crime thriller before concentrating the conflict inside a family home. The child's condition gives the standoff a different deadline from the one imposed by police pursuit.

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