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This Transient Life

1970 · 143 min

A slow, austere plunge into forbidden desire and spiritual unease, beautiful and unsettling, demanding patience and rewarding it with quiet dread.

Overview
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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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • faith
  • sexuality
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism6
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Akio Jissoji
Written by
Toshirō Ishidō
Starring
Michiko Tsukasa, Ryo Tamura, Eiji Okada, Isao Sasaki, Mitsuko Tanaka, Haruhiko Okamura, Kozo Yamamura, Kin Sugai
Music
Toru Fuyuki
Cinematography
Kazumi Oneda, Yuzo Inagaki
Runtime
143 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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