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2021 | DIRECTED BY YOJI YAMADA

It's a Flickering Life

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Movie Stats
Year
2021
Runtime
 125 minutes (2 hrs 05 mins)
Select Cast
Kenji Sawada
Masaki Suda
Mei Nagano
Nobuko Miyamoto
Lily Franky
Taizo Harada
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First viewed:
24th Aug 2024
Last viewed:
26th Apr 2025
Total views:
3
Release Dates
Japan release date
 Japan
6th August 2021
4 years 1 months 26 days ago
Hong Kong release date
 Hong Kong
30th September 2021
4 years 1 days ago
Thailand release date
 Thailand
12th May 2022
3 years 4 months 20 days ago
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Directed by
yoji yamada Yoji Yamada
Starring
Kenji Sawada
Masaki Suda
Mei Nagano
Nobuko Miyamoto
Lily Franky
Taizo Harada
Yuriko Hirooka
Hairi Katagiri
Keiko Kitagawa
Masayasu Kitayama
Nenji Kobayashi
Koen Kondo
Koki Maeda
Oshiro Maeda
Taiki Matsuno
Takashi Matsuo
Yojiro Noda
Takaya Sakoda
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Jun Shison
Shinobu Terajima
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UK total gross
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36307
Hell's Garden
36308
It's a Flickering Life
36309
And So the Baton Is Passed

Genres
Drama
Drama
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‘It’s a Flickering Life’: A heartfelt ode to golden oldies spread thin  The Japan Times Thu, 12th August 2021

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