This Transient Life

Aug 8, 1970

2h 23m

★ 7.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Art Theatre Guild

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Cast

Yuri

Michiko Tsukasa

Masao

Ryo Tamura

Mori

Eiji Okada

Mori's Son

Isao Sasaki

Reiko

Mitsuko Tanaka

Ogino

Haruhiko Okamura

Father

Kozo Yamamura

Mother

Kin Sugai

Iwashita

Kotobuki Hananomoto

Eiji Sato

Akiji Kobayashi

Minori Terada

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