LIFE IS JOURNEY is an anthology of four stories about people who live in solitude, but who yearn for togetherness. Each day brings chance meetings and reluctant partings, joy and pain. The first vignette, "Life", portrays half of a woman's life in one-scene, one-cut, nine-minute sequence. "N" is a comical take on a man abandoned by his lover. "Ya" explores the bond of female friendship as one woman consoles a brokenhearted girlfriend. In "Nowhere", a man and a woman roam the streets of a foreign land in search of lost time.
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Nene Otsuka
Known for
I Wish
Drawing Closer
Kentarō Kobayashi
Also in
A Dangerous Woman
Stalker
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Known for
The Last Emperor
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Nene Ohtsuka
(segment "Life")
Mikako Ichikawa
Known for
Shin Godzilla
Unnatural
Hideo Yamamoto
Yorie Yamashita
Known for
Only Yesterday
Whisper of the Heart
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Haruko Katou
Known for
Howl's Moving Castle
Kiki's Delivery Service
Naoki Ohtsubo
Seiichi Tanabe
Known for
Ring 0
My Love Mix-Up!
Yoji Tanaka
Known for
Ju-on: The Grudge
Summer Wars
Seiichi Tanabe Director · Ryuichi Sakamoto Composer Naoki Ohtsubo Composer
First release June 21, 2003 · Produced in Japan
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Japan
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Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
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Japan · June 21, 2003
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