The Most Valuable Wife
1959, Japanese. Directed by Yasuzō Masumura.
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Yasuzō MasumuraDirector
- Ayako WakaoKyoko Nonomiya
- Hiroshi KawaguchiSaburo Mihara
- Eiji FunakoshiIchiro Mihara
- Seiji MiyaguchiRintaro Nonomiya
- Chieko HigashiyamaCast
- Yatsuko Tan'amiMomoko Mihara
- Hisako TakihanaSugiko Nonomiya
- Atsuko KindaichiFujiko Oshima
- Hiromi IchidaCast
- Mieko KondōCast
- Keiji NoguchiCast
- Katsuhiko KobayashiCast
Details
- Released
- 10 February 1959
- Original title
- 最高殊勲夫人
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yoshio Shirasaka
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The Most Valuable Wife isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 February 1959. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Most Valuable Wife?
The Most Valuable Wife (1959) was directed by Yasuzō Masumura and stars Ayako Wakao, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Eiji Funakoshi.