A husband has finally spoken to his wife for the first time in 20 years after going into the mother of all sulks when she said something to upset him.

Otou Katayama hasn’t spoken for two decades but continued to live with his wife, Yumi, despite her trying to make conversation with him.

She’s had the odd nod or grunt in response, but apart from that she’s been met with a wall of silence.


Their son, Yoshiki, 18, contacted a Japanese TV show asking them to help because he had never heard his parents have a conversation.

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He said: ‘Somehow it’s been a while since we talked. You were so concerned about the kids.



‘Yumi up until now, you have endured a lot of hardship. I want you to know I’m grateful for everything.’

He later added: ‘I was kind of jealous [of the attention the children were getting]. I was sulking about it. There’s no going back now, I guess.’