A Quiet Life

A Quiet Life

Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburō Ōe's masterpiece now blossoms with the music of Hikari Ōe.

1995•2h 1m•7.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(8)

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.

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Production

Itami Productions

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Hinako Saeki

Hinako Saeki

Ma-chan

Atsuro Watabe

Atsuro Watabe

Iiyo

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Father

Mihoko Shibata

Mihoko Shibata

Mother

Masayuki Imai

Masayuki Imai

Arai

Tamaki Ogawa

Tamaki Ogawa

Weather Forecast

Takao Okamura

Takao Okamura

Danto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Danto's Wife

Yoshiyuki Omori

Oh-chan

Keita Tsukui

Tokie Hidari

Tokie Hidari

Asakura

Tetsu Watanabe

Tetsu Watanabe

Water Bottle Man

Rie Shibata

Rie Shibata

Neighbor's Wife

Shinobu Kawamata

Wife

Choei Takahashi

Choei Takahashi

Police Officer

Nobuto Okamoto

Sewage Owner

Noboru Akima

Hisako Hara

Hisako Hara

Grandmother

Mieko Yuki

Mieko Yuki

Fusa

Yûki Hoshino

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