---
title: 'Theater of Life (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kinji Fukasaku'
released: '1983-01-29'
runtime_minutes: 138
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/theater-of-life-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085757/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Theater of Life (1983)

1983 · 138 min · Japan

Original title: 人生劇場

## Synopsis

Theater of Life  is a 1983 Japanese 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku), [Junya Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/junya-sato), [Sadao Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/sadao-nakajima)
- **Screenplay:** [Kinji Fukasaku](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinji-fukasaku), [Junya Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/junya-sato), [Sadao Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/sadao-nakajima), [Tatsuo Nogami](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuo-nogami)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masato Kai](https://cinepixo.com/people/masato-kai)

## Cast

- [Keiko Matsuzaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-matsuzaka)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)
- [Morio Kazama](https://cinepixo.com/people/morio-kazama)
- [Kō Nishimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/ko-nishimura)
- [Kantarō Suga](https://cinepixo.com/people/kantaro-suga)
- [Hiroki Matsukata](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroki-matsukata)
- [Mitsuru Hirata](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuru-hirata)
- [Kie Nakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kie-nakai)
- [Toshiyuki Nagashima](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiyuki-nagashima)
- [Tomisaburō Wakayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomisaburo-wakayama)
- [Hideo Murota](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-murota)

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