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A Quiet Life 1995 Directed by Jūzō Itami 静かな生活

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

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Itami Productions
Release Date 23 September 1995
121 mins
Cast
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
Yoshiyuki Omori
Yoshiyuki Omori Oh-chan
Keita Tsukui
Keita Tsukui
Tokie Hidari
Tokie Hidari Asakura
Tetsu Watanabe
Tetsu Watanabe Water Bottle Man
Rie Shibata
Rie Shibata Neighbor's Wife
Shinobu Kawamata
Shinobu Kawamata Wife
Chōei Takahashi
Chōei Takahashi Police Officer
Nobuto Okamoto
Nobuto Okamoto Sewage Owner
Noboru Akima
Noboru Akima
Hisako Hara
Hisako Hara Grandmother
Mieko Yuki
Mieko Yuki Fusa
Yûki Hoshino
Yûki Hoshino
Toshizō Kudō
Toshizō Kudō
Shigemitsu Ogi
Shigemitsu Ogi Man Drinking Wine
Satomi Achiwa
Satomi Achiwa Mrs. Kurokawa
Hiroshi Yagyu
Hiroshi Yagyu Caster
Yoichi Takara
Yoichi Takara Young Boy in the Novel
Noboru Mitani
Noboru Mitani Man in the Novel
Mirei Asaoka
Mirei Asaoka Young Girl in the Novel
Crew
Director
Jūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami
Writer
Jūzō Itami
Jūzō Itami
Cinematography
Yonezō Maeda
Yonezō Maeda
Composer
Hikari Oe
Hikari Oe
Editor
Akira Suzuki
Akira Suzuki
Sound
Osamu Onodera
Osamu Onodera
Masatoshi Saito
Masatoshi Saito
Original Writer
Kenzaburô Oe
Kenzaburô Oe
Art Direction
Naotsugu Kawaguchi
Naotsugu Kawaguchi
Set Decoration
Tatsuo Ozeki
Tatsuo Ozeki
Makeup Artist
Etsuko Egawa
Etsuko Egawa