This Transient Life

This Transient Life (無常, Mujō) is a 1970 Japanese erotic drama film directed by Akio Jissoji, in his feature directorial debut.^[1][2] It is the first film in Jissoji's Buddhist Trilogy. Starring Ryō Tamura and Michiko Tsukasa, it follows a young man who falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk from a nearby Buddhist Monastery finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs. The film won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.^[3][4]

This Transient Life
Film poster
Directed by	Akio Jissoji
Written by	Toshirô Ishidô
Produced by	Toyoaki Dan Kinshirô Kuzui
Starring	Ryō Tamura Michiko Tsukasa
Cinematography	Yuzo Inagaki Masao Nakabori Kazumi Oneda
Edited by	Yoshihiro Yanagawa
Music by	Toru Fuyuki
Production companies	Art Theatre Guild Jissoji Productions
Distributed by	Art Theatre Guild
Release date	8 August 1970 (1970-08-08)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Ryō Tamura as Masao (brother)
• Michiko Tsukasa as Yuri (sister)
• Kozo Yamamura as father
• Kin Sugai as mother
• Kotobuki Hananomoto as Iwashita (the servant)
• Akiji Kobayashi
• Eiji Okada as Mori (the sculptor)
• Mitsuko Tanaka as Mori's second wife
• Isao Sasaki as Mori's Son
• Minori Terada
• Haruhiko Okamura as Ogino (Buddhist priest)