Japan Synopsis
妻の心
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.
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The 1955–1957 Japan Window
A Wife's Heart holds position #18 of 28 Japan films in the 1955–1957 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Throne of Blood
★ 7.9 · 1957
#2The Burmese Harp
★ 7.9 · 1956
#3Floating Clouds
★ 7.8 · 1955
#4Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
★ 7.4 · 1955
#5A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
★ 7.4 · 1957
#6I Live in Fear
★ 7.3 · 1955
#7Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
★ 7.3 · 1956
#8Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
★ 7.2 · 1955
The 1950s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1950s in Japan, 76 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Wife's Heart premiered alongside 8 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 8 other Japan films in 1956.
The 89th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 6% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 3th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on A Wife's Heart, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- married couple · 5
- loan · 4
- coffee shop · 2
- money · 14
- bank · 7
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,691 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,186 of 1,933 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | May 3, 1956 |
| IMDb | tt0049889 |