A Quiet Life

Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburō Ōe's masterpiece now blossoms with the music of Hikari Ōe.

9/23/19952h 1min7.6/10(9 TMDB votes)

Drama

Directed by Jūzō Itami

Plot

A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled 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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Cast

Hinako Saeki

Ma-chan

Atsuro Watabe

Iiyo

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Father

Mihoko Shibata

Mother

Masayuki Imai

Arai

Tamaki Ogawa

Weather Forecast

Takao Okamura

Danto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Danto's Wife

Yoshiyuki Omori

Oh-chan

Keita Tsukui

Tokie Hidari

Asakura

Tetsu Watanabe

Water Bottle Man

Rie Shibata

Neighbor's Wife

Shinobu Kawamata

Wife

Choei Takahashi

Police Officer