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Key of Life

2012 · 128 min

A gently twisty, deadpan caper that keeps you leaning in, amused and quietly moved as two mismatched lives tangle.

Directed by
Kenji Uchida
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryoko Hirosue
Tagline
If your life has you down… try out someone else's.
Overview
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Kenji Uchida
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Starring
Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryoko Hirosue
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • redemption
  • deception
  • ambition
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Kenji Uchida
Written by
Kenji Uchida
Starring
Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryoko Hirosue, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yōko Moriguchi, Sayuri Oyamada, Hana Kino, Takehiko Ono
Music
Yuusuke Tanaka
Cinematography
Akira Sako
Runtime
128 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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