A Quiet Life
6.9
“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.
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Cast
28 people
Hinako Saeki
Ma-chan
Known for
Uzumaki
The Spiral
Atsuro Watabe
Iiyo
Known for
Three... Extremes
Love Exposure
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Father
Known for
Tampopo
Kagemusha
Mihoko Shibata
Mother
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Tales of a Golden Geisha
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Masayuki Imai
Arai
Also in
Okane ga Nai!
Omiai kekkon
Tamaki Ogawa
Weather Forecast
Known for
Samurai Fiction
Takao Okamura
Danto
Nobuko Miyamoto
Danto's Wife
Known for
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
House of Ninjas
Yoshiyuki Omori
Oh-chan
Known for
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Keita Tsukui
Also in
Supermarket Woman
Woman in Witness Protection
Tokie Hidari
Asakura
Known for
Ponyo
Getting Any?
Tetsu Watanabe
Water Bottle Man
Known for
Princess Mononoke
Sonatine
Jūzō Itami Director · Kenzaburô Oe Author Hikari Oe Composer
First release September 23, 1995 · Produced in Japan · Original title 静かな生活
Production
Itami Productions
Production
Japan
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Original title
静かな生活
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 23, 1995
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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