It's a Flickering Life (2021)
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
Director:
Yoji Yamada
Writers:
Yoji Yamada, Yuzo Asahara.
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Kenji Sawada as Gō |
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Masaki Suda as Gō – Young |
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Mei Nagano as Yoshiko – Young |
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Yojiro Noda as Terashin – Young |
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Keiko Kitagawa as Sonoko Katsura |
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Shinobu Terajima as Ayumu |
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Nenji Kobayashi as |
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Nobuko Miyamoto as Yoshiko |
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Ken Shimura as |
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Lily Franky as Hiroshi Izumi |
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Oshirō Maeda as Yūta |
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Jun Shison as Mizukawa |
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Takashi Matsuo as |
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Yuriko Hirooka as |
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Masayasu Kitayama as |
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Taizo Harada as |
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Hairi Katagiri as |
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Takaya Sakoda as |
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Koen Kondo as |
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Kiyohiko Shibukawa as |
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Taiki Matsuno as |
| Camera | Masashi Chikamori | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yoji Yamada | Screenplay |
| Sound | Satoshi Yamaguchi | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Akira Kuwahara | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Yojiro Noda | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Taro Iwashiro | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Masaki Suda | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Yusuke Takeda | Theme Song Performance |
| Writing | Maha Harada | Novel |
| Directing | Yoji Yamada | Director |
| Writing | Yuzo Asahara | Screenplay |
| Editing | Kazuhide Ishijima | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Yamazaki | VFX Supervisor |
| Production | Masahito Abe | Producer |
| Production | Shunsuke Fusa | Producer |
| Production | Tadashi Osumi | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Keiji Tsujii | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Tomoaki Sasae | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yuzo Asahara | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Katsumi Ishikawa | Assistant Director |
| Art | Takashi Nishimura | Production Design |
| Sound | Shota Nagamura | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Masato Tsuchiyama | Lighting Director |