Japan Synopsis
スパイの妻
“Who should I trust?”
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Wife of a Spy. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From C&I entertainment
Drama + War in Japan
59 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and War genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Wife of a Spy itself).
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
In the crowded 2019-2021 Japan release window, Wife of a Spy sits at #395 of 500. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Wife of a Spy premiered alongside 149 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 149 other Japan films in 2020.
The 4171st Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
75 audience reviews — more than 71% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (71th percentile) outruns trending popularity (54th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Wife of a Spy, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- movie version · 4
- the flow of the times · 3
- eve of war · 1
- pacific war · 15
- japanese occupation of china · 14
- spy · 46
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,097 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (32nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,363 of 1,933 (top 71%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | C&I entertainment, NHK Enterprises, Incline, ENBU Seminar, Kirinzi |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | October 16, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt11917942 |
| Official Site | intl.nikkatsu.com |