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A Quiet Life

Original title: Shizukana seikatsu
  • 19951995
  • 2h 1m
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Shizukana seikatsu (1995)
  • Drama
Melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.Melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.Melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped 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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208
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  • Director
    • Jûzô Itami
  • Writers
    • Jûzô Itami
    • Kenzaburô Ôe(novel)
  • Stars
    • Masayuki Imai
    • Nobuko Miyamoto
    • Hinako Saeki
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  • Director
    • Jûzô Itami
  • Writers
    • Jûzô Itami
    • Kenzaburô Ôe(novel)
  • Stars
    • Masayuki Imai
    • Nobuko Miyamoto
    • Hinako Saeki
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    • 2User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Masayuki Imai
    • Araias Arai
    Nobuko Miyamoto
    Nobuko Miyamoto
    Hinako Saeki
    • Maa-chanas Maa-chan
    Mihoko Shibata
    Atsuro Watabe
    • Iiyoas Iiyo
    Tsutomu Yamazaki
    Tsutomu Yamazaki
    Satomi Achiwa
    Hisako Hara
    Tokie Hidari
    Shinobu Kawamata
    Toshizô Kudô
    Noboru Mitani
    Tamaki Ogawa
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    Nobuto Okamoto
    Kôzô Satô
    Rie Shibata
    Chôei Takahashi
    Hiroshi Yagyû
    • Director
      • Jûzô Itami
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      • Jûzô Itami
      • Kenzaburô Ôe(novel)
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    Melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
    • swimming lesson
    • sexual assault
    • literary figure
    • innocence
    • humanism
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    10/10
    A triumph of humanism
    Japanese filmmakers have a gift for translating the tenets of humanist thought onto celluloid. Akira Kurosawa created several such masterpieces, from Ikiru to the triumphant Red Beard; Shunji Iwai contributed the wacky but thought-provoking Swallowtail; Juzo Itami gave us Daibyonin (The Last Dance) and this little treasure.

    Iiyo is regarded as one of society's unfortunates, a "retard" as one schoolgirl exclaims, but he has a lovely, even enviable world view, one which, admittedly, the people closest to him are slow to pick up on. In fact, the "normal" folks in this film seem almost neurotic, as they manufacture complex and troublesome meanings and motives to explain Iiyo's behavior.

    Long ago, a college professor advised me and 499 classmates to try to experience the world through the eyes of a severely handicapped person. He promised that it would be a most rewarding exercise. Juzo Itami captured this sentiment on film in a beautiful and thoughtful way.
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    • Release date
      • September 23, 1995 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Spokojne zycie
    • Filming locations
      • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production company
      • Itami Productions
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      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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