''Apart from Life'' () is a 1970 Japanese

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Kei Kumai was a Japanese film director. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he began work as a director's assistant. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his first film, '' Nihon rettō'', in 1965. His 1972 film ...

. It was entered into the

20th Berlin International Film Festival The 20th annual Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, was opened on 26 June 1970 with French-Belgian film '' Klann – grand guignol'' by Patrick Ledoux and scheduled to end on 7 July. However, on 5 July the competit ...

Cast

Mizuho Suzuki was a Japanese actor. He was a drop-out of Kyoto University. He died on November 19, 2023, at the age of 96. Filmography Film *'' Yogiri yo Kon'yamo Arigatō'' (1967) *'' Zatoichi the Outlaw'' (1967) *''The Snow Woman'' (1968) *'' The Sands o ...

as Unami * Hiroko Kino as Noriko Fukuji *

Mugihito , better known by his stage name of , is a Japanese actor, Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and narrator from Musashino, Tokyo. Mugihito was formerly credited under his birth name and also . Filmography Television animation ;1976 *''Dokaben'' ...

as Nobuo Tsuyama (as Makoto Terada) * Sen Hara as Kaneyo, Nobuo's grandmother *

Tanie Kitabayashi was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre Company, founded in 1950. Early in her career, she became well known for portrayin ...

as Matsuko Fukuji * Noriko Matsumoto as Eiko, Unami's wife *

Tomoko Naraoka was a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongō (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actres ...

as Mitsuko *

Asao Sano was a Japanese actor. He was known for playing the role of Tokugawa Mitsukuni on the television jidaigeki series ''Mito Kōmon''. Sano died on 28 June 2022, at the age of 96. Selected filmography Film *''Listen to the Voices of the Sea'' (1950 ...

as Yuji, Mitsuko's husband *

Jūkichi Uno (real name ; 27 September 1914 – 9 January 1988) was a Japanese actor. In 1950, he formed the with Osamu Takizawa was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater, Takizawa particip ...

as Shigeo Miyaji

References

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* 1970 films 1970 drama films Japanese black-and-white films Films directed by Kei Kumai 1970s Japanese-language films Japanese drama films 1970s Japanese films Japanese-language drama films {{1970s-Japan-film-stub