Name: It&#39;s a Flickering Life
Director: Yoji Yamada

It's a Flickering Life (2021)

Fifty years after abandoning his dream of becoming a film director, a deadbeat dad looks back on the days he spent chasing the magic of cinema.

Director: Yoji Yamada
Cast: Lily Franky, Mei Nagano, Masaki Suda, Keiko Kitagawa, Kenji Sawada, Nenji Kobayashi, Nobuko Miyamoto, Oshiro Maeda, Shinobu Terajima, Yojiro Noda

Runtime: 02h 05m
Type: Movie

Fifty years after abandoning his dream of becoming a film director, a deadbeat dad looks back on the days he spent chasing the magic of cinema.

Director: Yoji Yamada
Cast: Lily Franky, Mei Nagano, Masaki Suda, Keiko Kitagawa, Kenji Sawada, Nenji Kobayashi, Nobuko Miyamoto, Oshiro Maeda, Shinobu Terajima, Yojiro Noda

Runtime: 02h 05m
Type: Movie

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