This Transient Life
7.6
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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Part of Buddhist Trilogy Collection
3 films
Cast
12 people
Michiko Tsukasa
Yuri
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Sex Education Mistresses
Wet Dice
Ryo Tamura
Masao
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Loss:Time:Life
Rikyu
Eiji Okada
Mori
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Isao Sasaki
Mori's Son
Known for
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman
The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Mitsuko Tanaka
Reiko
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Being Two Isn't Easy
Ghost of Kasane Swamp
Haruhiko Okamura
Ogino
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Evil Spirits of Japan
Sasuke and His Comedians
Kozo Yamamura
Father
Also in
Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman
The Earth
Kin Sugai
Mother
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Godzilla
Kotobuki Hananomoto
Iwashita
Also in
Black Snow
Tattooed Life
Eiji Sato
Akiji Kobayashi
Known for
Kamen Rider
Harakiri
Minori Terada
Known for
Castle in the Sky
Kamen Rider Black Sun
Akio Jissoji Director · Toshirō Ishidō Screenplay Toru Fuyuki Composer
United States release March 22, 1971 · Produced in Japan · Original title 無常
Production
Art Theatre Guild
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
無常
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 8, 1970
Theatrical
United States · March 22, 1971
Theatrical
United States · August 10, 2019
Physical · Blu-ray
Japan
January 13, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
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