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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:
15th Jul 2026
Total views:
31
Release Dates
Japan release date
 Japan
6th August 2021
5 years 20 days ago
Hong Kong release date
 Hong Kong
30th September 2021
4 years 10 months 26 days ago
Thailand release date
 Thailand
12th May 2022
4 years 3 months 14 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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Genres
Drama
Drama
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News from around the web
Review: 'A Sudden Flicker of Light - A revisionist History of the Movies' by film critic David Thomson  Entertainment Focus Sun, 5th July 2026

Did Movies Ruin Everything?  The New York Times Fri, 19th June 2026

It’s a Flickering Life: nostalgia for a golden age in Yoji Yamada film  South China Morning Post Tue, 28th September 2021

It’s A Life Story: Christy Martin – Exclusive Interview  Flickering Myth Fri, 7th November 2025

Review: Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning  Film Comment Mon, 4th May 2026

Film Review: It’s a Flickering Life (2021) by Yoji Yamada  Asian Movie Pulse Sat, 18th June 2022

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