It’s A Flickering Life (2021)

• Native Title: キネマの神様
• Also Known As: Cinema God , God of the Cinema , Kinema no Kamisama , The God of Cinema

Go is a passionate gambler but a deadbeat dad, and his wife Yoshiko and family have given up on him. Nevertheless, there’s one thing that Go has always been wholeheartedly devoted to movies. He and Terashin, the owner of a repertory cinema he frequents, are old friends from their days working at a film studio. In their youth, Go, and his colleagues spent every waking moment chasing their dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous stars who represented Japan’s golden age of motion pictures. However, when Go and Terashin both fall in love with a young woman whose family runs a diner, the wheels of fate start to wobble… In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the “god of cinema” that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time and work a miracle in the lives of one family…