

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953, Japanese. Directed by Kiyoshi Komori.
Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class wife. Her husband, Senkichi, on the contrary, is a good-natured man and slow-witted. They are rarely seen together, and others often criticize them for being too boring and uninteresting.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Kiyoshi KomoriDirector
- Yūnosuke ItōSenkichi Miyama
- Yukiko TodorokiMrs. Natsuko
- Keiju KobayashiHeima Sakamoto
- Chieko SonoCast
- Toranosuke OgawaPresident Manami
- Eiko MiyoshiMrs. Hatoko
- Satsuki ArakawaOfune Aishô
- Hiroko SekiTamago (Maid)
- Hiroshi AyukawaAssistant Amaike
- Reiko OtaniWoman secretary
- Kyoko HigashiFemale office worker
- Reiko TanigawaFemale office worker
Details
- Released
- 11 November 1953
- Original title
- 一等女房と三等亭主
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kenrō Matsuura, Tôru Namiki
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First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 November 1953. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband?
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband (1953) was directed by Kiyoshi Komori and stars Yūnosuke Itō, Yukiko Todoroki, Keiju Kobayashi.