
A film adaptation of the play by Leo Tolstoy.
Directed by Eizo Tanaka, The Living Corpse leans on a strong ensemble — Kaichi Yamamoto, Teijirô Tachibana, Takematsu Futajima — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 1918.
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London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.
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