The Japanese Wife Next Door

The Japanese Wife Next Door

The Japanese Wife Next Door

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The Japanese Wife Next Door

2004

1h 0m

4.8(81 votes)

Comedy

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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6 featured cast members

Starring

Naohiro Hirakawa

Takashi Ichinose

Reiko Yamaguchi

Sakura Miyoshi

Lemon Hanazawa

Lemon Hanazawa

Mina Yamazaki

Kaoru Akitsu

Yayoi

Koji Makimura

Tomekichi

Kikujiro Honda

Kikujiro Honda

Mitsuo

Creative team

Directed by: Yutaka Ikejima
Written by: Kyoko Godai

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