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This Day's Life (1957)

This Day's Life poster
Original title
今日のいのち
Directed by
Tomotaka Tasaka
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 36m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A black and white Japanese drama about the ordinary struggles and quiet moments in people's lives. It follows characters as they cope with daily hardships and fleeting joys.

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What happens

This Day's Life (今日のいのち, Kyō no Inochi) is a 1957 black and white Japanese film drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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