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This Transient Life

This Transient Life

Part of Buddhist Trilogy Collection

1970•2h 23m•7.3/10
Drama

Ratings

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7.3/10(44)

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.

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Production

Art Theatre Guild

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Michiko Tsukasa

Michiko Tsukasa

Yuri

Ryo Tamura

Ryo Tamura

Masao

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Mori

Isao Sasaki

Isao Sasaki

Mori's Son

Mitsuko Tanaka

Reiko

Haruhiko Okamura

Ogino

Kozo Yamamura

Father

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Mother

Kotobuki Hananomoto

Iwashita

Eiji Sato

Akiji Kobayashi

Akiji Kobayashi

Minori Terada

Minori Terada

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