| This Transient Life | |
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| Directed by | Akio Jissoji |
| Written by | Toshirô Ishidô |
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| Edited by | Yoshihiro Yanagawa |
| Music by | Toru Fuyuki |
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| Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
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| Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
This Transient Life (無常, Mujō) is a 1970 Japanese erotic drama film directed by Akio Jissoji, in his feature directorial debut. It is the first film in Jissoji's Buddhist Trilogy. Starring Ryō Tamura and Michiko Tsukasa, it follows a young man who falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk from a nearby Buddhist Monastery finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Cast
- Ryō Tamura as Masao (brother)
- Michiko Tsukasa as Yuri (sister)
- Kozo Yamamura as father
- Kin Sugai as mother
- Kotobuki Hananomoto as Iwashita (the servant)
- Akiji Kobayashi
- Eiji Okada as Mori (the sculptor)
- Mitsuko Tanaka as Mori's second wife
- Isao Sasaki as Mori's Son
- Minori Terada
- Haruhiko Okamura as Ogino (Buddhist priest)
References
- "無常". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- 無常 (1970). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- "無常とは". kotobank. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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