This Transient Life

This Transient Life

143 mins | Drama | Aug. 8, 1970

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.

This Transient Life

143 mins | Drama | Aug. 8, 1970

This Transient Life
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Art Theatre Guild
Original title 無常
Directors Akio Jissoji
Writers Toshirô Ishidô

Cast

Michiko Tsukasa

as Yuri

Ryō Tamura

as Masao

Eiji Okada

as Mori

Isao Sasaki

as Mori's Son

Mitsuko Tanaka

as Reiko

Haruhiko Okamura

as Ogino

Kozo Yamamura

as Father

Kin Sugai

as Mother

Kotobuki Hananomoto

as Iwashita