This Transient Life

Oedipus meets Zen asceticism without the redemption. A monk's apprentice, pregnant sister in tow, trades spiritual exile for carving wooden altars and entangling with women who mirror his guilt. The film trades doctrine for desire, carried by a monk who prays with his hands but sins with his body.

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Akio Jissoji directed This Transient Life in 1970. See Akio Jissoji's full filmography, where to start with Akio Jissoji, or where to go after you've seen everything by Akio Jissoji.

This Transient Life was released in 1970 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 143 minutes.