Movie: The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hiroshi Mikami
三上博史

Kenji Miyazawa

Miki Sakai
酒井美紀

Toshi Miyazawa

Shinobu Nakayama
中山忍

Chie Ito

Riho Makise
牧瀬里穂

Tsuyu Takase

Kaoru Yachigusa
八千草薫

Iti Miyazawa

Tatsuya Nakadai
仲代達矢

Seijiro Miyazawa

Yoshiki Arizono
有薗芳記

Shigeo Kobayashi
小林成男

Kanai Hosaka

Gin Maeda
前田吟

Kimiko's Father

Shirô Namiki
並樹史朗

Suzuki

  • HomePage

  • Overview

    A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.

  • Release Date

    1996-09-14

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

    4.0 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    日本語
  • Keywords

Recommendations Movies

My Dinner with Hervé
63%

My Dinner with Hervé(en)

2018-10-20

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

England Is Mine
58%

England Is Mine(en)

2017-08-04

A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.

All Day and a Night
62%

All Day and a Night(en)

2020-05-01

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

The Girl in the Book
58%

The Girl in the Book(en)

2015-06-13

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

Tuesdays with Morrie
74%

Tuesdays with Morrie(en)

1999-12-05

A journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a dying man, offers him some very powerful wisdom and advice for coping in relationships, careers and society.

The Most Hated Woman in America
62%

The Most Hated Woman in America(en)

2017-03-14

The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
59%

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius(en)

2004-04-30

The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

One Million Yen Girl
72%

One Million Yen Girl(ja)

2008-07-19

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.

The Short History of the Long Road
70%

The Short History of the Long Road(en)

2019-04-27

Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.

Shara
65%

Shara(ja)

2003-07-12

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. He now has to move forward with his life, together with his childhood friend, Yu.

The Audrey Hepburn Story
60%

The Audrey Hepburn Story(en)

2000-03-27

The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in the U.S. where she succeeds in making it big as a movie actress, in such movies as Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Babylon
69%

Babylon(en)

1980-11-07

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.

Effie Gray
59%

Effie Gray(en)

2014-03-08

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.

Hands of Stone
66%

Hands of Stone(en)

2016-08-26

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
65%

Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B(en)

2014-11-15

The story of R&B singer and actress Aaliyah; namely, the highs and lows of her career, her romantic pursuits, and the events leading up to her death in 2001 at the age of 22.

Girl in the Box
67%

Girl in the Box(en)

2016-09-10

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

Hungry Hearts
65%

Hungry Hearts(en)

2015-01-15

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

An Adventure in Space and Time
77%

An Adventure in Space and Time(en)

2013-11-21

Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.

Cocaine Godmother
64%

Cocaine Godmother(en)

2017-11-12

At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with local drug runners. Griselda masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules and created false-bottom suitcases to smuggle cocaine from Colombia.

The Lords of Discipline
66%

The Lords of Discipline(en)

1983-02-18

Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.

Similar Movies

Melvin Purvis G-Man
63%

Melvin Purvis G-Man(en)

1975-02-28

Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.

Mank
67%

Mank(en)

2020-11-13

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

Einstein and the Bomb
62%

Einstein and the Bomb(en)

2024-02-16

What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.

Bocage, the Triumph of Love
39%

Bocage, the Triumph of Love(pt)

1997-06-12

The film follows Manuel Maria du Bocage, 18th-century poet, as he travels through the world from orgy to orgy and from excess to excess.

The Harmonists
67%

The Harmonists(de)

1997-12-25

Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish.

Song of Raiyantsuuri
0%

Song of Raiyantsuuri(ja)

1994-07-21

An indentured Chinese laborer, brought to Japan to work in a coal mine during WWII, manages to escape his captors. He hides out in the Japanese countryside, so far from human habitation that he does not realize when the war ends, with ultimately tragic results.

They Died with Their Boots On
67%

They Died with Their Boots On(en)

1941-11-20

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Sister Smile
65%

Sister Smile(fr)

2009-04-29

A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.

What We Do Is Secret
52%

What We Do Is Secret(en)

2007-06-23

The true-life story of Darby Crash, who became an L.A. punk icon with his band The Germs. Along with Lorna Doom, Pat Smear, and Don Bolles, Darby Crash completely transformed the L.A. punk scene, while sacrificing everyone he loved, his career, and ultimately his life.

Coal Miner's Daughter
72%

Coal Miner's Daughter(en)

1980-03-07

Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis
62%

The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis(en)

2021-11-03

An elder C.S. Lewis looks back on his remarkable journey from hard-boiled atheist to the most renowned Christian writer of the past century.

Anton Tchekhov 1890
54%

Anton Tchekhov 1890(fr)

2015-03-18

Summer 1890. In order to make some money to feed his family, Anton Chekhov, modest physician, wrote short stories for newspapers to sign Antosha Tchékhonté. Important characters, writer and editor, just make him aware of his talent. His situation is improving and Anton Chekhov gets the Pushkin prices and admiration of Tolstoy. But when one of his brothers died of tuberculosis, Anton saw it as a personal failure and wants to escape his fame and his love.

Chihwaseon
70%

Chihwaseon(ko)

2002-05-10

Jang Seung-eop, also known as "Chihwaseon," drinks and paints all day. Through Mae-hyang, he learns the meaning of fate, sees art beyond even the smallest things, and sets out for the path he seeks.

The Young Victoria
72%

The Young Victoria(en)

2009-03-04

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.

By Player
85%

By Player(ja)

2000-12-02

The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.

The Life of Chikuzan
82%

The Life of Chikuzan(ja)

1977-03-17

After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shamisen player and folk-song collector named Takahashi Chikuzan became a musical sensation. This biographical drama chronicles his wanderings and his life, with a particular focus on his humble beginnings as a peasant on a remote and arid island.

Tee Shot: Ariya Jutanugarn
49%

Tee Shot: Ariya Jutanugarn(th)

2019-08-15

This biopic follows pro golfer Ariya Jutanugarn's journey to the LPGA tour, from child prodigy to her number-one ranking in the world.

Bronson
70%

Bronson(en)

2009-03-13

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.

A Prayer Before Dawn
67%

A Prayer Before Dawn(en)

2018-05-24

The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
61%

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus(en)

2006-08-30

In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One night, a new neighbor catches Diane's eye, and the enigmatic man inspires her to set forth on the path to discovering her own artistry.