This Transient Life is a 1970 Japanese erotic drama film directed by Akio Jissoji, in his feature directorial debut. It is the first film in Jissoji's Buddhist Trilogy. Starring Ryō Tamura and Michiko Tsukasa, it follows a young man who falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk from a nearby Buddhist Monastery finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.
This Transient Life (1970)
Directed by Akio Jissoji
Genres - Drama, Mature |
Sub-Genres - Erotic Film |
Release Date - Aug 8, 1970 |
Run Time - 143 min. |
Countries - Japan |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Buddhism, Chisel, Incest, Priest, Sculptor, Suicide, Voyeurism
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