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Wife of a Spy

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Release: 2021
Runtime: 115
Country: Japan
Language: English and Japanese with English subtitles
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tadashi Nohara

Master filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Cure, Tokyo Sonata) won the Silver Lion (Best Director) at the Venice Film Festival for this riveting, gorgeously crafted, old-school Hitchockian thriller shot in stunning 8K. The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku (Issey Takahashi, Kill Bill) senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria, he becomes determined to bring to light the things he witnessed there, and secretly filmed. Meanwhile, his wife Satoko (Japan Society’s 2021 Honoree Yû Aoi) receives a visit from her childhood friend, now a military policeman. He warns her about Yusaku’s seditious ways and reveals that a woman her husband brought back from his trip has died. Satoko confronts Yusaku, but when she discovers his true intentions, she is torn between loyalty to her husband, the life they have built, and the country they call home.

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  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Color: Color

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a/perture cinema Winston Salem 1633060800October 1 - October 15, 2021
All Saints Cinema / Tallahassee Film Society Tallahassee 1634875200October 22, 2021 - January 21, 2022
Art Theatre of Long Beach Long Beach 1633665600October 8 - November 5, 2021
Bozeman Film Society Bozeman 1634875200October 22 - December 24, 2021
ByTowne Cinema Ottawa 1633060800October 1 - November 5, 2021
Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe Santa Fe 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Chelsea Theater Chapel Hill 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Cinema Paradiso Hollywood 1633060800October 1 - November 5, 2021
Cinematique of Daytona Daytona Beach 1636084800November 5 - November 9, 2021
Cinestudio Hartford 1633665600October 8 - November 5, 2021
Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland 1634270400October 15 - November 19, 2021
Consolidated Koko Marina Honolulu 1634875200October 22 - November 12, 2021
Dairy Arts Center Boulder 1635307200October 27 - November 1, 2021
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Notre Dame 1639026000December 9 - December 12, 2021
Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit 1636693200November 12 - December 3, 2021
FilmScene Iowa City 1632456000September 24 - October 15, 2021
Gateway Film Center Columbus 1633060800October 1 - November 5, 2021
Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago 1632456000September 24 - September 30, 2021
Guild Cinema Albuquerque 1633060800October 1 - November 5, 2021
Harkins Theatres Shea 14 Scottsdale 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Hope College - Knickerbocker Theatre Holland 1635739200November 1 - November 7, 2021
IFC Center New York 1631851200September 17 - November 5, 2021
Kan-Kan Cinema Indianapolis 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Laemmle Theatres Los Angeles 1632456000September 24 - November 19, 2021
Lake Worth Playhouse Lake Worth 1633665600October 8 - October 29, 2021
Landmark Chez Artiste Theatre Denver 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Landmark E Street Cinema Washington 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinema San Francisco 1633060800October 1 - November 5, 2021
Landmark Hillcrest Cinemas San Diego 1633665600October 8 - November 5, 2021
Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema Frontenac 1633665600October 8 - November 5, 2021
Landmark Ritz Five Philadelphia 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Landmark Shattuck Cinemas Berkeley 1633060800October 1 - November 5, 2021
Living Room Boca Boca Raton 1633665600October 8 - November 5, 2021
Lumiere Cinema Los Angeles 1633665600October 8 - October 29, 2021
Magic Lantern Theatre Spokane 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Mesilla Valley Film Society Mesilla 1636693200November 12 - November 20, 2021
MoMA New York 1637038800November 16 - November 17, 2021
Monadnock Film Festival Keene 1634961600October 23 - October 29, 2021
New Plaza Cinema New York 1634875200October 22 - December 30, 2021
Northwest Film Forum Seattle 1633060800October 1 - October 4, 2021
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma City 1633665600October 8 - October 11, 2021
Oxnard Film Society Oxnard 1636084800November 5 - November 9, 2021
Railroad Square Cinema Waterville 1646456400March 5 - March 7, 2022
Rehoboth Beach Film Society Rehoboth Beach 1633665600October 8 - November 5, 2021
Sag Harbor Cinema Sag Harbor 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
San Juan International Film Festival San Juan 1633579200October 7 - October 14, 2021
Screenshot: Asia Festival Pittsburgh 1633492800October 6 - October 11, 2021
Sedona International Film Festival Sedona 1637902800November 26 - December 3, 2021
Smith Rafael Film Center San Rafael 1633060800October 1 - October 6, 2021
SNF Parkway Theatre Baltimore 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Taos Center For The Arts Taos 1634788800October 21 - November 5, 2021
The Cary Theater Cary 1635998400November 4 - November 12, 2021
The Picture House Pelham 1633665600October 8 - November 5, 2021
The Ryder Film Series Bloomington 1635480000October 29 - November 7, 2021
Tower Theater Miami Miami 1633060800October 1 - November 5, 2021
Upstate Films - Starr Cinema Rhinebeck 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021
Zeitgeist Theatre Arabi 1633060800October 1 - October 29, 2021