Theater of Life

人生劇場
Theater of Life
Directed byKinji Fukasaku
Sadao Nakajima
Junya Satō
Written byKinji Fukasaku
Sadao Nakajima (own segment)
Tatsuo Nogami (screenplay)
Shirō Ozaki (novel)
Junya Satō
Produced byToei Company
CinematographyShōhei Andō (for Fukasaku)
Kiyoshi Kitasaka (for Nakajima)
Hiroyuki Namiki
Music byMasato Kai
Distributed byToei
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Theater of Life (人生劇場, Jinsei Gekijō) is a 1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima, and Junya Satō. It is based on the first three parts of the Theater of Life series of novels by Shirō Ozaki, Youth, Passion, and Championship. The Youth segment was directed by Junya Satō, the Passion segment was directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and the Championship segment was directed by Sadao Nakajima.