The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (マダムと女房) / Heinosuke Gosho (五所 平之助 )

• The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (マダムと女房, Madamu to nyōbō) (1931)

Heinosuke Gosho (五所 平之助 Gosho Heinosuke^?, 24 January 1902 – 1 May 1981)was a Japanese film director who directed Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, in 1931. He once served as president of the Directors Guild of Japan.^[1]

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["The Neighbor’s Wife and Mine." 1931. Japan. Directed by Heinosuke Gosho. Courtesy The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo – National Film Center]