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A Quiet Life

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

7.6/ 1019952h 1m

Drama

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.

Directed by Jūzō Itami

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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