---
title: 'A Wife Confesses (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yasuzō Masumura'
released: '1961-10-29'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-wife-confesses-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055551/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Wife Confesses (1961)

1961 · 91 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 妻は告白する

## Synopsis

A Wife Confesses  is a 1961 Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. It was written by Masato Ide based on the novel by Masaya Maruyama. It is a courtroom drama about a young wife on trial for murdering her older husband after cutting his rope whilst mountaineering.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yasuzō Masumura](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasuzo-masumura)
- **Screenplay:** [Masato Ide](https://cinepixo.com/people/masato-ide)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riichirō Manabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/riichiro-manabe)
- **Director of Photography:** [Setsuo Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/setsuo-kobayashi)

## Cast

- [Fumiko Murata](https://cinepixo.com/people/fumiko-murata)
- [Eitarō Ozawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/eitaro-ozawa)
- [Jun Negami](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-negami)
- [Haruko Mabuchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruko-mabuchi)
- [Hiroshi Kawaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-kawaguchi)
- [Ayako Wakao](https://cinepixo.com/people/ayako-wakao)
- [Kenji Ōyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-oyama)
- [Hideo Takamatsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-takamatsu)

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