Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935)

193559mdir. Mikio NaruseJapaneseJapandrama film

With Sachiko Chiba

Directed by Mikio Naruse

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Wife! Be Like a Rose! (Japanese: 妻よ薔薇のやうに, romanized: Tsuma yo bara no yô ni), also titled Kimiko, is a 1935 Japanese comedy drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on the shinpa play Futari tsuma (二人妻, lit. Two Wives) by Minoru Nakano and one of Naruse's earliest sound films. Wife! Be Like a Rose! was one of the first Japanese films to see a theatrical release in the United States. It was voted "The Best Japanese Film of the Year" in 1935 by critics of the prestigious film magazine Kinema Junpo.

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