Nonsensical Life
下らない人生
Synopsis
One summer day, a university student, Yazawa, is offered a lucrative job that pays 50,000 yen for two hours. All he had to do was go to a poet's house and listen to his poems. On the day of the job, the poet, Kihara, reads out a strange poem that starts with "The world is one" and ends with "Because we are 10 years old". Yazawa did as Kihara asked, reciting the poem and answering his questions. Yazawa reads the poem at Kihara's request and asks him a question: "Please give me a title. Kihara's ability to take something that would normally be "boring" and turn it into a surrealistic laugh is brilliant.
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- Director
- Masahito Kagawa
- Original Title
- 下らない人生
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 19m
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Masahito Kagawa
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Masahito Kagawa
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Masahito Kagawa
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Masahito Kagawa
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Yasumi Inoue
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What is Nonsensical Life about?
One summer day, a university student, Yazawa, is offered a lucrative job that pays 50,000 yen for two hours. All he had to do was go to a poet's house and listen to his poems. On the day of the job, the poet, Kihara, reads out a strange poem that starts with "The world is one" and ends with "Because we are 10 years old". Yazawa did as Kihara asked, reciting the poem and answering his questions. Yazawa reads the poem at Kihara's request and asks him a question: "Please give me a title. Kihara's ability to take something that would normally be "boring" and turn it into a surrealistic laugh is brilliant.
Who directed Nonsensical Life?
Nonsensical Life was directed by Masahito Kagawa.
Who stars in Nonsensical Life?
The principal cast of Nonsensical Life includes Masahiko Nakawa, Noriko Kikuchi, Kihara Minoru, Yazawa Tadashi.
When was Nonsensical Life released and how long is it?
Nonsensical Life was released in 1991 with a total runtime of 19m.