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It's a Flickering Life

 2021
 125 minutes (2 hrs 05 mins)
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Directed by

Yoji Yamada

Starring

Kenji Sawada · Masaki Suda · Mei Nagano · Nobuko Miyamoto · Lily Franky · Taizo Harada

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Release dates

Japan release date Japan release
6th August 2021
Hong Kong release date Hong Kong release
30th September 2021
Thailand release date Thailand release
12th May 2022

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Film Review: It’s a Flickering Life (2021) by Yoji Yamada  Asian Movie Pulse Sat, 18th June 2022

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