This Transient Life | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | June 19, 2020
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Arthouse erotica. Very skillfully crafted by Akio Jissoji. Challenges the viewer in many respects.
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| synopsis | Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs. |
| lead actors | Kotobuki Hananomoto | Akiji Kobayashi | Eiji Okada | Kin Sugai | Ryô Tamura | Minori Terada | Michiko Tsukasa |
| director | Akio Jissoji |