Yasuzô Masumura1961-1970AsianDramaJapan
Yasuzô Masumura – Otto ga mita ‘Onna no kobako’ yori AKA The Husband Witnessed (1964)
Synopsis:
The young owner of the nightclub,Ishizuka(Jiro Tamiya) is attracted to
a beautiful married woman, Namiko(Ayako Wakao) and is falling in love with her. However, Ishizuka forms a plot to take over Namikos husbands company through greenmail. Masumura portayed the love ,conspiracy, betrayal between a man and a woman tenaciously. The elements of noir and melodrama are balanced in quite exquisite harmony.
1.22GB | 1h 31m | 864×368 | mkv
https://nitro.download/view/3CED9986D55BD9E/The_Husband_Witnessed_(1964)_–_Yasuzo_Masumura.mkv
or
https://tezfiles.com/file/fbd86de351695/The_Husband_Witnessed_%281964%29_–_Yasuzo_Masumura.mkv
Language:Japanese
Subtitles:None
Properly translated eng subs, for those interested…
https://www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/12953559/otto-ga-mita-onna-no-kobako-yori-en
xrt links don’t work…
so here is another auto-translated Chinese to English version –
https://www.opensubtitles.com/en/subtitles/the-husband-witnessed-en
Since so many people appear interested in this one…
…chinese subtitles:
https://www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/9974976/otto-ga-mita-onna-no-kobako-yori-zh
…auto-translated to English via DeepL:
https://pst.innomi.net/paste/vwdjf3zqywcpr4k9zs7qh6tv
…auto-translated to English via Google:
https://pst.innomi.net/paste/ytfrcmuazahrwoxx8x32w99y
I don’t plan myself to further work on those above, but they should be more than adequate for a simple viewing…and a very good starting point for anyone wishing to take up the task.
Side note…not really sure why this film currently has that such a high rating on imdb, and why it also appears to be quite loved from reviewers on letterboxd: my guess is that it’s a case of… Ayako’s ‘exotic’ allure and unquestionable magnetism 🙂
However, the film itself is more or less a fairly standard studio potboiler of the era, complete with…continuous melodramatic musical ‘carpet’ almost constantly in the background (never a good sign in the first place). It’s certainly elevated by Masumura’s super-tight direction and framing, and of course, Ayako’s presence…but up to that (the story/script simply lacks any extra ‘meat’ / punches).
…Makes for a pretty good dual bill (and comparison if you will), with the by far superlative “Tsuma Futari” (1967), which treats very similar thematic ground (men using women solely for the purpose of climbing up the economic ladder)…
No subtitles? 🙁
I’m desperate to find a version with some 🙁
Thank you very much again!