

By the Window
2022, Japanese. Directed by Rikiya Imaizumi.
Inagaki Goro plays a freelance writer married to his editor wife (Nakamura Yuri), who he discovers is having an affair with the popular novelist she is responsible for at work. Although troubled, he can’t bring himself to confront his wife. He later meets a high school novelist at a literary award ceremony, and–drawn to the award-winning book–he inquires about the model it’s based on, thinking he’d like to meet that person…
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 4 November 2022
- Original title
- 窓辺にて
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Rikiya Imaizumi
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By the Window runs 143 minutes (2h 23m).
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By the Window isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 November 2022. (Checked 7 November 2026.)
What movies are like By the Window?
If you liked By the Window, try The Words, My Salinger Year, Dial M for Murder.
Who directed By the Window?
By the Window (2022) was directed by Rikiya Imaizumi and stars Goro Inagaki, Yuri Nakamura, Tina Tamashiro.