
Life Cycles
2006, Japanese. Directed by Mikiya Sanada.
Nowadays, abandoned bicycles are a common sight in front of stations in Tokyo. The number of abandoned bicycles is unparalleled in the world, and there are concerns about how to deal with them. The protagonist is a worker who removes such abandoned bicycles. The job involves removing other people's bicycles without asking, which naturally leads to constant trouble during the work. Is it his own fault? Is the world to blame? The man begins to ask himself. The stress of his job causes him to start taking pleasure in riding his bicycle around town at night. But what he sees is nothing but a wild landscape. One night, while riding his bike as usual, the man sees something else...
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- 0h 21m
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- Language
- Japanese
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- 1 January 2006
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Life Cycles runs 21 minutes (0h 21m).
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Life Cycles isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2006. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Life Cycles?
Life Cycles (2006) was directed by Mikiya Sanada and stars Toshiya Sakai, Meguru Ishii, Sanshō Shinsui.