Film
A Quiet Life
1995 · 2h 1m · Drama
Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburō Ōe's masterpiece now blossoms with the music of Hikari Ōe.
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Overview
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
Where to watch
Criterion Channel
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Cast
Hinako Saeki
Ma-chan
Atsuro Watabe
Iiyo
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Father
Mihoko Shibata
Mother
Masayuki Imai
Arai
Tamaki Ogawa
Weather Forecast
Takao Okamura
Danto
Nobuko Miyamoto
Danto's Wife
Yoshiyuki Omori
Oh-chan
Keita Tsukui
Tokie Hidari
Asakura
Tetsu Watanabe
Water Bottle Man
Rie Shibata
Neighbor's Wife
Shinobu Kawamata
Wife
Choei Takahashi
Police Officer
Nobuto Okamoto
Sewage Owner
Crew
- Jūzō ItamiDirector · Screenplay
- Kenzaburô OeNovel
- Seigo HosogoeProducer
- Takashi KawasakiProducer
- Yasushi TamaokiExecutive Producer
- Yonezō MaedaDirector of Photography
- Hikari OeOriginal Music Composer
- Akira SuzukiEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 23, 1995
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Genres
- Drama
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