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A Quiet Life

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

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A Quiet Life — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • September 23, 1995
  • Runtime
  • 121 min
  • Genres
  • Drama
  • Director
  • Jūzō Itami

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A Quiet Life — Cast

Hinako Saeki photo Hinako Saeki Ma-chan Atsuro Watabe photo Atsuro Watabe Iiyo Tsutomu Yamazaki photo Tsutomu Yamazaki Father Mihoko Shibata photo Mihoko Shibata Mother Masayuki Imai photo Masayuki Imai Arai Tamaki Ogawa photo Tamaki Ogawa Weather Forecast Takao Okamura photo Takao Okamura Danto Nobuko Miyamoto photo Nobuko Miyamoto Danto's Wife

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