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This Transient Life(Movie, 1970)

Original title: "無常" (Japanese/JA)
2h 23min | Genre: Drama
This Transient LifeRating: 3.7/5 (with 1717 votes)
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. ()
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About This Transient Life

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 9 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date GR: 08/08/1970
Director: Akio Jissoji
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Mujô"
"무상"
"This Passing Life"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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