Theater of Life
| 人生劇場 Theater of Life | |
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku Sadao Nakajima Junya Satō |
| Written by | Kinji Fukasaku Sadao Nakajima (own segment) Tatsuo Nogami (screenplay) Shirō Ozaki (novel) Junya Satō |
| Produced by | Toei Company |
| Cinematography | Shōhei Andō (for Fukasaku) Kiyoshi Kitasaka (for Nakajima) Hiroyuki Namiki |
| Music by | Masato Kai |
| Distributed by | Toei |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Theater of Life (人生劇場, Jinsei Gekijō) is a 1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima, and Junya Satō.[1][2][3] It is based on the first three parts of the Theater of Life series of novels by Shirō Ozaki, 青春篇 Youth Chapter, 情熱篇 Passion Chapter, and 決勝篇 Climactic Chapter. The Youth Chapter segment was directed by Junya Satō, the Passion Chapter segment was directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and the Climactic Chapter segment was directed by Sadao Nakajima.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Hyokichi Aonari
- Toshiro Mifune as Hyotaro
- Tomisaburō Wakayama as Tsune Kira
- Wakiko Kano as Orin
- Kaori Takahashi as Young Orin
- Eiji Okuda as Hayao Fukioka
- Mitsuru Hirata as Yasuta Yokoi
- Kie Nakai as Otoyo
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Osode
- Miki Sanjo as Omine
- Masako Araki as Okatsu
- Keizo Kanie as Kojiro Okabe
- Hiroki Matsukata
- Aiko Morishita as Teruyo Kogishi
- Hideo Murota as Narahira
- Morio Kazama as Miyagawa
- Mikio Narita as Hakudo Omizo
- Kō Nishimura as Kokin
- Takashi Noguchi as Nippon Koronsha Employee
- Ryuji Katagiri as Kazuya Shinkai
- Masaharu Arikawa as Vigilante
- Tankobo Kibaji as Jin
- Jūkei Fujioka as Sugigen
- Nenji Kobayashi as Terakane
- Masataka Iwao as Big Tiger
- Rei Okamoto as Otama
- Makino Sayoto as Otane
- Kantarō Suga as Dr. Kuroma
- Hiroki Matsukata as Hishakaku
- Yuriko Mishima
- Kenjirō Ishimaru as Actor Portraying Asano Naganori
- Kinji Nakamura as Actor Portraying Kira Yoshinaka
- Nagare Hagiwara as Actor Portraying Kira no Nikichi
- Sakae Umezu
- Shun Sugata as Student
- Kuniomi Kitani as Officer
References
[edit]- ^ "人生劇場". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "人生劇場". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "人生劇場とは". kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ 「日本映画シアター 今月のおすすめ作品オールガイド」("Japanese Film Theater Complete Guide to This Month's Recommended Films"),『ロードショー』(Roadshow), March 1983 issue, published by 集英社 (Shueisha), pages 215-216.
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