The Japanese Wife
E679438
The Japanese Wife is an Indian romantic drama film directed by Aparna Sen that explores an unconventional long-distance marriage between a Bengali schoolteacher and his unseen Japanese pen pal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Japanese Wife canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7660296 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Japanese Wife Context triple: [Aparna Sen, notableWork, The Japanese Wife]
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A.
The Japanese Lover
The Japanese Lover is a romantic historical novel by Isabel Allende that intertwines themes of forbidden love, memory, and identity across decades and continents.
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B.
The Unsuspecting Wife
"The Unsuspecting Wife" is a 1945 mystery novel by American author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, known for its tense psychological suspense and domestic crime plot.
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C.
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Barbarian and the Geisha is a 1958 historical drama film directed by John Huston and starring John Wayne as an American diplomat in 19th-century Japan.
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D.
Okusha Hohaisho
Okusha Hohaisho is an inner worship hall at Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine complex, serving as a key site for venerating the Inari deity.
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E.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Japanese Wife Target entity description: The Japanese Wife is an Indian romantic drama film directed by Aparna Sen that explores an unconventional long-distance marriage between a Bengali schoolteacher and his unseen Japanese pen pal.
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A.
The Japanese Lover
The Japanese Lover is a romantic historical novel by Isabel Allende that intertwines themes of forbidden love, memory, and identity across decades and continents.
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B.
The Unsuspecting Wife
"The Unsuspecting Wife" is a 1945 mystery novel by American author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, known for its tense psychological suspense and domestic crime plot.
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C.
The Barbarian and the Geisha
The Barbarian and the Geisha is a 1958 historical drama film directed by John Huston and starring John Wayne as an American diplomat in 19th-century Japan.
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D.
Okusha Hohaisho
Okusha Hohaisho is an inner worship hall at Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine complex, serving as a key site for venerating the Inari deity.
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E.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film
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film ⓘ |
| awardRecognition | screened at international film festivals ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Japanese Wife
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Japanese Wife and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Kunal Basu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Anay Goswamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFilmingLocation |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Aparna Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Saregama Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Arghyakamal Mitra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| genre | romantic drama ⓘ |
| language |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Miyage
NERFINISHED
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Sandhya NERFINISHED ⓘ Snehmoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Sagar Desai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | realist drama ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cross-cultural love story
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portrayal of an epistolary marriage ⓘ |
| originalWorkLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Bengali schoolteacher maintains an unconventional long-distance marriage with his unseen Japanese pen pal. ⓘ |
| producer | Saregama Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Saregama Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | schoolteacher ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Aparna Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural Bengal ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Chigusa Takaku
NERFINISHED
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Moushumi Chatterjee NERFINISHED ⓘ Rahul Bose NERFINISHED ⓘ Raima Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
long-distance marriage
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love and sacrifice ⓘ unconventional relationships ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Japanese Wife Description of subject: The Japanese Wife is an Indian romantic drama film directed by Aparna Sen that explores an unconventional long-distance marriage between a Bengali schoolteacher and his unseen Japanese pen pal.
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