A Dedicated Life (1994)
- Original title
- 全身小説家
- Directed by
- Kazuo Hara
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This Japanese documentary follows the final four years of writer Mitsuharu Inoue's life as he battles cancer. It captures his personality and the impact he had on the people close to him.
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What happens
A Dedicated Life (Japanese: 全身小説家, Hepburn: Zenshin shōsetsuka; lit. A Wholehearted Writer) is a 1994 Japanese documentary and docudrama film directed by Kazuo Hara about writer Mitsuharu Inoue. It shows the last four years of Inoue's life while fighting cancer, and tries to capture his character and the influence he had on the people around him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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