Theater of Life (1983 film)

Japanese人生劇場

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

Theater of Life
Film poster
Japanese	人生劇場
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku Sadao Nakajima Junya Satō
Written by	Kinji Fukasaku Sadao Nakajima (own segment) Tatsuo Nogami (screenplay) Shirō Ozaki (novel) Junya Satō
Cinematography	Shōhei Andō (for Fukasaku) Kiyoshi Kitasaka (for Nakajima) Hiroyuki Namiki
Music by	Masato Kai
Distributed by	Toei
Release date	1983 (1983)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Theater of Life (人生劇場, Jinsei Gekijō) is a 1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima, and Junya Satō.^[1][2][3] 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.^[4]