Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935): Cast
Wife! Be Like a Rose! is a 1935 drama directed by Mikio Naruse, starring Sachiko Chiba as Kimiko Yamamoto, Kamatari Fujiwara and Heihachirō Ōkawa. It runs 1 hour 14 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 14m (74 min)
- Director
- Mikio Naruse
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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Japanese - Studio
- P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Wife! Be Like a Rose! About?
The premise of Wife! Be Like a Rose! without spoilers.
Kimiko, a diligent white‑collar worker in Tokyo, lives with her serious, intellectual mother who writes haiku. Eager to marry her boyfriend, she must enlist her estranged father to mediate the union, but he is absent. She journeys to locate him, only to discover he has built a second family, forcing her to confront unexpected family dynamics.
Wife! Be Like a Rose! Themes & Keywords
· 4 tags- mother
- woman
- young
- based on play
Wife! Be Like a Rose! Cast & Characters
Sachiko Chiba leads the cast as Kimiko Yamamoto, with Kamatari Fujiwara as Shingo (Kimiko's uncle) and Heihachirō Ōkawa as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend). Directed by Mikio Naruse; 9 actors are credited in all.
- Director Mikio Naruse
- Sachiko Chiba as Kimiko Yamamoto
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Shingo (Kimiko's uncle) - Heihachirō Ōkawa as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
- Chikako Hosokawa as Shingo's wife
Also Starring in Wife! Be Like a Rose!
· 5 more- Yuriko Hanabusa Oyuki
- Kaoru Itō Kenichi (Oyuki's son)
- Sadao Maruyama Shunsaku Yamamoto
- Setsuko Horikoshi Shizuko (Oyuki's daughter)
- Toshiko Itō Etsuko Yamamoto
More from Mikio Naruse
More films directed by Mikio Naruse: Moment of Terror, The Thin Line, Yearning and A Woman’s Life.
Wife! Be Like a Rose! Also Known As
9 alternative titles, including “Tsuma yo bara no yo ni” and “Tsuma yo bara no yô ni”.
- Also known as
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- Tsuma yo bara no yo ni
- Tsuma yo bara no yô ni
- Kimiko
- Frau, sei wie eine Rose!
- 願妻如薔薇
- Ma femme, sois comme une rose
- Жена, будь как роза
- 아내여 장미처럼
- 愿妻如蔷薇
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Wife! Be Like a Rose! FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Wife! Be Like a Rose!, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Wife! Be Like a Rose!?
Wife! Be Like a Rose! runs 1 hour 14 minutes (74 minutes).
When was Wife! Be Like a Rose! released?
Wife! Be Like a Rose! was released on August 15, 1935.
Who directed Wife! Be Like a Rose!?
Wife! Be Like a Rose! was directed by Mikio Naruse.
More films by Mikio Naruse Who is in the cast of Wife! Be Like a Rose!?
Wife! Be Like a Rose! stars Sachiko Chiba as Kimiko Yamamoto, Kamatari Fujiwara as Shingo (Kimiko's uncle) and Heihachirō Ōkawa as Seiji (Kimiko's boyfriend), among 9 credited actors.
Does Wife! Be Like a Rose! have a post-credit scene?
No. Wife! Be Like a Rose! has no extra scene during or after the credits.
What language is Wife! Be Like a Rose! in?
The original language of Wife! Be Like a Rose! is Japanese.
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