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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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