Husband and Wife (夫婦, Fūfu) is a 1953 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.

[1][2] Because her brother's future wife will soon move into the family's house, Kikuko and her husband Isaku are forced to look for a new room.

[4] Husband and Wife was Yōko Sugi's only starring role in a Naruse film, playing a part that had originally been intended for Setsuko Hara.

[5] Slant Magazine critic Keith Uhlich awarded Husband and Wife 3.5/4 stars, describing it as a "what if" scenario, specifically, "what if Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were locked together in a room and forced to fight over Mary Pickford?

", a parallel which becomes explicit in a scene where the protagonists visit a stage show reenactment of a Chaplin routine.