# Apart from Life

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***Apart from Life*** (地の群れ, *Chi no mure*) is a 1970 [Japanese](/source/Cinema_of_Japan) [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Kei Kumai](/source/Kei_Kumai). It was written by [Mitsuharu Inoue](/source/Mitsuharu_Inoue) and Kumai.

The film was entered into the [20th Berlin International Film Festival](/source/20th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival).[1]

## Cast

- [Mizuho Suzuki](/source/Mizuho_Suzuki) as Unami
- [Hiroko Kino](/source/Hiroko_Kino) as Noriko Fukuji
- [Mugihito](/source/Mugihito) as Nobuo Tsuyama (as Makoto Terada)
- [Sen Hara](/source/Sen_Hara) as Kaneyo, Nobuo's grandmother
- [Tanie Kitabayashi](/source/Tanie_Kitabayashi) as Matsuko Fukuji
- [Noriko Matsumoto](/source/Noriko_Matsumoto_(actress)) as Eiko, Unami's wife
- [Tomoko Naraoka](/source/Tomoko_Naraoka) as Mitsuko
- [Asao Sano](/source/Asao_Sano) as Yuji, Mitsuko's husband
- [Jūkichi Uno](/source/J%C5%ABkichi_Uno) as Shigeo Miyaji

## Awards and nominations

At the [25th Mainichi Film Awards](/source/Mainichi_Film_Awards), the film won Best Supporting Actress for Tomoko Naraoka (shared for her role in *[Dodesukaden](/source/Dodes'ka-den)*), and Best Music for [Teizo Matsumura](/source/Teizo_Matsumura).[2] At the 44th [Kinema Junpo Awards](/source/Kinema_Junpo), the film took fifth place in the Top 10 Japanese Films ranking.[3]

## References

1. ["Apart from Life"](http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film697438.html). *Film Affinity*. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

1. ["毎日映画コンクール 第25回（1970年）"](https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/025.html). *Mainichi Shimbun*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190805064010/https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/025.html) 5 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

1. ["映画鑑賞記録サービス KINENOTE｜キネマ旬報社"](http://www.kinenote.com/main/award/kinejun/). *www.kinenote.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231013144414/http://www.kinenote.com/main/award/kinejun/) 13 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-11-26.

## External links

- [Apart from Life](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222974/) at IMDb

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