The Japanese Wife Next Door

Category: Movies •

Genre: Comedy •

Rating: 4.8

Director: Yutaka Ikejima,

Writer: Kyoko Godai (Screenplay),

Cast: Naohiro Hirakawa, Reiko Yamaguchi, Lemon Hanazawa, Kaoru Akitsu, Koji Makimura, Kikujiro Honda,

Language: ja

Country: Japan

Release Date: April 23, 2004

Plot: Office worker Takashi shares a drink one night with two women: Ryoko and Sakura. Fate intervenes and he subsequently ends up marrying Sakura. The newlywed couple move into Takashi’s family home (shared with his sister, father and grandfather), but Sakura’s nymphomaniac sex drive soon starts to cause tensions.