Apart from Life (Japanese: 地の群れ, Hepburn: Chi no mure) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai. It was written by Mitsuharu Inoue and Kumai.
The film was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Cast
Mizuho Suzuki as Unami
Hiroko Kino as Noriko Fukuji
Mugihito as Nobuo Tsuyama (as Makoto Terada)
Sen Hara as Kaneyo, Nobuo's grandmother
Tanie Kitabayashi as Matsuko Fukuji
Noriko Matsumoto as Eiko, Unami's wife
Tomoko Naraoka as Mitsuko
Asao Sano as Yuji, Mitsuko's husband
Jūkichi Uno as Shigeo Miyaji
Awards and nominations
At the 25th Mainichi Film Awards, the film won Best Supporting Actress for Tomoko Naraoka (shared for her role in Dodesukaden), and Best Music for Teizo Matsumura. At the 44th Kinema Junpo Awards, the film took fifth place in the Top 10 Japanese Films ranking.