A Dedicated Life

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

Cast

Mitsuharu Inoue

as Self

Hiroshi Noma

as self

Jakucho Setouchi

as self

Kumiko Kin

as

Yoshie Yamamoto

as

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