Wife! Be Like a Rose!
1935, Japanese. Directed by Mikio Naruse.
Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Mikio NaruseDirector
- Sachiko ChibaKimiko Yamamoto
- Yuriko HanabusaOyuki
- Toshiko ItōEtsuko Yamamoto
- Setsuko HorikoshiShizuko (Oyuki's daughter)
- Sadao MaruyamaShunsaku Yamamoto
- Heihachirō ŌkawaSeiji (Kimiko's boyfriend)
- Kaoru ItōKenichi (Oyuki's son)
- Kamatari FujiwaraShingo (Kimiko's uncle)
- Chikako HosokawaShingo's wife
Details
- Released
- 15 August 1935
- Original title
- 妻よ薔薇のやうに
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Mikio Naruse
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What Wife! Be Like a Rose! is based on
Wife! Be Like a Rose! is adapted from a play or musical.
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Wife! Be Like a Rose!: quick answers
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How long is Wife! Be Like a Rose!?
Wife! Be Like a Rose! runs 74 minutes (1h 14m).
Does Wife! Be Like a Rose! have a post-credits scene?
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Which OTT platform is Wife! Be Like a Rose! on?
Wife! Be Like a Rose! isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 August 1935. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Wife! Be Like a Rose!?
If you liked Wife! Be Like a Rose!, try Maborosi, Only Yesterday, The Ballad of Narayama.
Who directed Wife! Be Like a Rose!?
Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) was directed by Mikio Naruse and stars Sachiko Chiba, Yuriko Hanabusa, Toshiko Itō.
What is Wife! Be Like a Rose! based on?
Wife! Be Like a Rose! is adapted from a play or musical.