A Humble Life
1997, Russian. Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 22 May 1997
- Original title
- Смиренная жизнь
- Country
- Japan, Russia
- Written by
- Aleksandr Sokurov
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A Humble Life runs 76 minutes (1h 16m).
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A Humble Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 May 1997. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Humble Life?
A Humble Life (1997) was directed by Aleksandr Sokurov.