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A Dedicated Life (全身小説家, Zenshin shōsetsuka, lit. "A wholehearted writer") is a 1994 Japanese documentary and docudrama film directed by Kazuo Hara about writer Mitsuharu Inoue. It shows the last four years of Inoue's life while fighting cancer, and tries to capture his character and the influence he had on the people around him.
Sep 23, 1994 · A Dedicated Life: Directed by Kazuo Hara. With Mitsuharu Inoue, Yutaka Haniya, Tetsu Hijikata, Ikuko Inoue. An intimate portrait of the last years in the life of eccentric novelist Mitsuharu Inoue.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Kazuo Hara
- 1994-09-23
Kazuo Hara’s interest in iconoclastic figures living in opposition to mainstream society led him to begin work on A Dedicated Life, an intimate, fly-on-the-wall portrait of the controversial writer Mitsuharu Inoue, a sometimes charming, sometimes combative, often frustrating novelist esteemed as one of postwar Japan’s literary lions.
Directed by Kazuo Hara • 1994 • Japan Starring Mitsuharu Inoue, Hiroshi Noma, Jakuchô Setouchi Kazuo Hara’s interest in iconoclastic figures living in opposition to mainstream society led him...
Oct 15, 2010 · Not only a tribute to a courageous man, A Dedicated Life al so reveals Hara's dedication to outsiders, mavericks, and nonconformists. "Riveting viewing...extremely moving" (Variety). Excerpt...
- 2 min
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An intimate portrait of the last years in the life of eccentric novelist and literary figure Mitsuharu Inoue, who was dying from cancer. It captures the essence of the contentious writer’s life, and the significance of death.
Jun 25, 2021 · A Dedicatd Life is screening at Japan Society. Within the opening fifteen minutes, Hara shows a man of many talents: a showman, an extrovert, a flirt, a performer, a charismatic anecdotalist, a powerful talker and a man who can become intensely angry at the drop of a hat.
