September 22, 1994
Release Date

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A Dedicated Life (1994)

Name: A Dedicated Life
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1994-09-22

2h 37m

Running Time

September 22, 1994
Release Date

External Links & Social Media

Plot.

A profile of the controversial novelist Mitsuharu Inoue, filmed during the last years of his life.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Currently A Dedicated Life is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel

Streaming in:
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Cast & Crew.

Mitsuharu Inoue

Self

Hiroshi Noma

self

Jakucho Setouchi

self

Kazuo Hara

Director / Director of Photography

Toyohiko Kuribayashi

Sound Recordist

Jun Nabeshima

Editor

Sachiko Kobayashi

Producer

Kumija Kim

Takako, Mitsuharu Inoue's Mother

Details.

Release Date
September 22, 1994

Original Name
全身小説家

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 37m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

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.