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Theater Of Life

1983 · 138 min

A sprawling, serious Japanese drama that moves through youthful striving, passion and hard-won endurance with a somber, novelistic weight.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • love
  • survival
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Junya Satō, Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima
Written by
Junya Satō, Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima, Tatsuo Nogami
Starring
Keiko Matsuzaka, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kie Nakai, Hiroki Matsukata, Aiko Morishita, Hideo Murota, Morio Kazama, Kō Nishimura
Music
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Cinematography
Hiroyuki Namiki, Kiyoshi Kitasaka
Runtime
138 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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