Every day he comes home from work, his wife plays dead in all kinds of elaborate, creative ways, which makes him doubt and question the health of their relationship. That part of the movie is very cheesy and exaggerated, like no real person would ever act this way, except someone who's manic and not completely sane. But this only serves as a metaphor for all the little things that you learn about your partner after having been together for some time. The endearing things they do, but also the things that annoy you about them. The different ways in which both look at something, which can lead to misunderstandings. All that is part of being married. It's a struggle and a challenge sometimes, but a beautiful one.

The movie is a quite thoughtful and deep, but also wholesome and uplifting reflection on marriage. In the age of feminism sewing ugliness and disunity between men and women, this is feels like a candle in the darkness.

Alright, well with a movie title such as "When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead" (aka "Ie ni kaeru to tsuma ga kanarazu shinda furi o shite imasu"),I must admit that I had initially expected something quite else and something more humorous than the movie actually turned out to be.

With that being said, don't get me wrong, because director Toshio Lee does deliver somewhat of an entertaining movie, just not exactly what I had expected.

The storyline told in "When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead" was different, I will give that much credit to writers K. Kajunsky, Ichida and Aya Tsubota. The movie was definitely unlike anything I had ever seen before, for better or worse. As such, the movie might not readily fall into good liking with all people in the audience, as it can be something of an acquired taste.

The cast in the movie, albeit being a small cast, actually carried the movie quite well. The two leads held by Ken Yasuda and Nana Eikura actually carried the movie phenomenally. I can't claim to be overly familiar with either of them, and since I enjoy watched unfamiliar talents on the screen, this was a pure treat for me. Especially since they had such good chemistry on the screen and they both performed quite well in the movie.

"When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead" can feel somewhat like a strange and oddly confusing movie, and it wasn't really before the ending of the movie that it dawned upon me what the purpose of the movie really was.

If you enjoy Japanese movies that aren't exactly mainstream and like watching a movie that offers something very unique, then "When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead" is a good movie to sit down and watch. However, keep in mind that the movie is not just readily suitable for just anyone.

Maybe I had many expectations from "When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead". But, part of the odd "murder" cases, the story was just okay. It was blunt at some points as well. The main message that this movie wanted to come through was sweet and very moving, as the couple's relationship, even though wierd, it was realistic. The genre of this movie was slice of life after all. But, the movie lacked intensity and so the story didn't feel as good as it was. The performances, however, were good. So four out of ten.