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The Human Promise (Ningen no yakusoku)

Ningen no yakusoku (The Human Promise)

1986

Yoshishige Yoshida

Rentarô Mikuni, Sachiko Murase, Choichiro Kawarazaki, Orie Satoh ...

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Drama Yoshida returned to feature filmmaking after a hiatus of thirteen years with this brave and moving film about the struggle to maintain dignity in the face of old age and approaching death. The Human Promise reaffirms Yoshida's ability to deal with difficult and even taboo topics by exploring the question of euthanasia with a profound sensitivity and subtlety. The film's unusually frank meditation on death is anchored by the restrained ... [+]

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