This Transient Life

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.

Ryō Tamura

Masao

Michiko Tsukasa

Yuri

Akiji Kobayashi

Kozo Yamamura

Father

Kin Sugai

Mother

Kotobuki Hananomoto

Iwashita

Haruhiko Okamura

Ogino

Minori Terada

Eiji Okada

Mori

Mitsuko Tanaka

Reiko

Isao Sasaki

Mori's Son

Eiji Sato