

MovieDrama
A Quiet Life
Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburō Ōe's masterpiece now blossoms with the music of Hikari Ōe.
7.6(9)19952h 1m
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.
- Director
- Jūzō Itami
- Created by
- Yasushi Tamaoki
- Writers
- Jūzō Itami
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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
Nobuto Okamoto
Sewage Owner
Noboru Akima

Hisako Hara
Grandmother

Mieko Yuki
Fusa
Yûki Hoshino
Toshizō Kudō

Shigemitsu Ogi
Man Drinking Wine

Satomi Achiwa
Mrs. Kurokawa

Hiroshi Yagyu
Caster
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Crew
Directing
- Jūzō ItamiDirector
- Takehiko NakajimaAssistant Director
- Kazumi MatsuzawaScript Supervisor
Writing
- Kenzaburô OeNovel
- Jūzō ItamiScreenplay
Production
- Yasushi TamaokiExecutive Producer
- Seigo HosogoeProducer
- Takashi KawasakiProducer
Camera
- Yonezō MaedaDirector of Photography
Editing
- Akira SuzukiEditor
Sound
- Hikari OeOriginal Music Composer
- Masatoshi SaitoSound Effects Editor
- Naoki TachikawaMusic Producer
- Osamu OnoderaSound Recordist
Art
- Tatsuo OzekiSet Decoration
- Naoji KawaguchiProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Etsuko EgawaMakeup Artist
- Fumio IwasakiCostume Design
Lighting
- Shosaku KatoGaffer