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.
Watch the official It's a Flickering Life 2021 trailer in HD below.
Kenji Sawada as Gō
Masaki Suda as Gō – Young
Mei Nagano as Yoshiko – Young
Yojiro Noda as Terashin – Young
Keiko Kitagawa as Sonoko Katsura
Shinobu Terajima as Ayumu
Nobuko Miyamoto as Yoshiko
Lily Franky as Hiroshi Izumi
Oshirō Maeda as Yūta
Jun Shison as Mizukawa
Masashi Chikamori Director of Photography
Yoji Yamada Screenplay
Satoshi Yamaguchi Theme Song Performance
Akira Kuwahara Theme Song Performance
Yojiro Noda Theme Song Performance
Taro Iwashiro Original Music Composer
Masaki Suda Theme Song Performance
Yusuke Takeda Theme Song Performance
Maha Harada Novel
Yoji Yamada Director
Yuzo Asahara Screenplay
Kazuhide Ishijima Editor
Takashi Yamazaki VFX Supervisor
Keiji Tsuji Stunt Coordinator
Yuzo Asahara Assistant Director
Katsumi Ishikawa Assistant Director
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Japan 16 April 2021
Korea 01 October 2023
Taiwan 26 November 2021
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