Theater of Life (1983 film)

Theater of Life
Film poster
Japanese人生劇場
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Directed byKinji Fukasaku
Sadao Nakajima
Junya Satō
Written byKinji Fukasaku
Sadao Nakajima (own segment)
Tatsuo Nogami (screenplay)
Shirō Ozaki (novel)
Junya Satō
CinematographyShōhei Andō (for Fukasaku)
Kiyoshi Kitasaka (for Nakajima)
Hiroyuki Namiki
Music byMasato Kai
Distributed byToei
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Theater of Life (人生劇場, Jinsei Gekijō) is a 1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima, and Junya Satō. It is based on three parts of the Theater of Life series of novels by Shirō Ozaki, 青春篇 Youth Chapter, 情熱篇 Lust Chapter, and 残侠篇 Spirit Chapter, similarly to the 1972 adaptation directed by Tai Katō. The Youth Chapter segment was directed by Junya Satō, the Lust Chapter segment was directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and the Spirit Chapter segment was directed by Sadao Nakajima.