Japan Synopsis
Смиренная жизнь
A Humble Life is certainly true to its title, a documentary study of the day-to-day world of Umeno Mathuyoshi, an old woman who lives in an isolated mountain house in the Nara prefecture in Japan.
The 1996–1998 Japan Window
144 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. A Humble Life sits at position #99.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Humble Life premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
6.5
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier
Ranked #3,232 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (29th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #1,038 of 1,274 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, Russia |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Russian |
| Runtime | 1h 16m |
| Release Date | May 22, 1997 |
| IMDb | tt0876545 |
| Official Site | sokurov.spb.ru |