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The Japan Foundation

A Humble Life

1997 76 min Russian
Wubly rating 6.8 IMDb rating 6.9

A Humble Life is certainly true to its title, a documentary study of the day-to-day world of Umeno Mathuyoshi, an old woman who lives in an isolated mountain house in the Nara prefecture in Japan.

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Aleksandr Sokurov Director · Algirdas Paulavicius Composer

United States release May 29, 2012 · Produced in Japan, Russia · Languages Japanese, Russian

Production

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The Japan Foundation

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Film studio "Nadezhda"

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Severny Fond

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Pandora

Production

Japan · Russia

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Original title

Смиренная жизнь

Original language

Russian

Spoken on screen

Japanese · Russian

Release dates

Japan · May 22, 1997

Theatrical

United States · May 29, 2012

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive

Uruguay

July 13, 2002 · Festival de invierno

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