It's a Flickering Life

Movie-struck Go meets Imamura in a Tokyo film studio where celluloid dreams go to die. He drifts from reel to reel through a half-century romance with the same woman while celluloid ghosts rewrite every generation. Yamada’s camera can’t decide whether to focus on the flicker or the family caught in it.

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Yoji Yamada directed It's a Flickering Life in 2021. See Yoji Yamada's full filmography, where to start with Yoji Yamada, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoji Yamada.

It's a Flickering Life was released in 2021 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.