The Japanese Wife Next Door

The Japanese Wife Next Door

4.8IMDb Score
Released:2004-04-23
Genre:Comedy
Duration:60 min
Country:Japan
Director:Yutaka Ikejima
Actors:Naohiro Hirakawa, Reiko Yamaguchi, Lemon Hanazawa, Kaoru Akitsu, Koji Makimura
Production:Pink Eiga

Overview:

Office worker Takashi shares a drink one night with two women: Ryoko and Sakura. Fate intervenes and he subsequently ends up marrying Sakura. The newlywed couple move into Takashi’s family home (shared with his sister, father and grandfather), but Sakura’s nymphomaniac sex drive soon starts to cause tensions.

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