A Quiet Life(静かな生活)
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Japan · 1995
2h 1m
Director Juzo Itami
Starring Hinako Saeki, Atsuro Watabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mihoko Shibata
Genre Drama
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An eccentric family led by patriarch Tsutomu Yamazaki, a writer of some renown in an artist’s funk. When he and his wife disappear to Australia, they leave their daughter Maa-chan in charge, both of the house and of her high-functioning but mentally handicapped brother Iiyo.
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