New - No Longer Human

New - No Longer Human — Plot

Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title) and goes down the stairs to self-destruction step by step.

• Release date
• September 2, 1978
• Runtime
• 98 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kôhei Yoshidome

New - No Longer Human — Cast

Hiroshi Ohmori Leo Morimoto Shun Ueda Tappei Shimokawa Shinobu Asaji Aoi Nakajima

E

Etsuko Ohtsuka Mayu Hiroko Isayama