Key Of Life

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Movie: Key Of Life
Romaji: Kagi Dorobo no Mesoddo
Japanese:鍵泥棒のメソッド
Director: Kenji Uchida
Writer: Kenji Uchida
Producer: Makoto Fujimoto, Kazutoshi Wadakura, Yoji Ohnishi
Cinematographer: Akira Sakou
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Runtime: 128 min.
Genre: Comedy / Award Winning / Best Film-Movie of the Year
Distributor: Klock Worx
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Sakurai (Masato Sakai) is an aspiring actor who becomes frustrated with his life. Sakurai then decides to kill himself, but before committing suicide Sakurai heads off to a public bathhouse. At the bathhouse, Sakurai then witnesses a man named Kondo (Teruyuki Kagawa) collapse and lose his memory in front of Sakurai. On a sudden whim, Sakurai switches locker keys with Kondo and pretends to be Kondo. Sakurai soon finds himself in trouble with the yakuza ...

Cast



Masato Sakai	Teruyuki Kagawa	Ryoko Hirosue	YosiYosi Arakawa	Yoko Moriguchi
Takeshi Sakurai	Kondo/Shinichiro Yamazaki	Kanae Mizushima	Junichi Kudo	Ayako Inoue

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Film Festivals

2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 16-24, 2012 - Golden Goblet Award
2012 (37th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 6-16, 2012 - Contemporary World Cinema
2012 (31st) Vancouver International Film Festival - September 27-October 12, 2012 - Dragons and Tigers
2012 (56th) BFI London Film Festival - October 10-21, 2012 - Films in Laugh
2012 (32nd) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 11-21, 2012 - Halekulani Golden Orchid Award: Narrative Feature Nominees *U.S. Premiere
2013 (31st) Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - April 2-13, 2013 - International Competition
2013 (15th) Udine Far East Film - April 19-27, 2013 *Italian Premiere
2013 (56th) San Francisco International Film Festival - April 25-May 9, 2013 - World Cinema
2013 (13th) Nippon Connection - June 4-June 9, 2013 - Nippon Cinema *German Premiere
2013 (12th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 11-18, 2013 *U.S. Southwest Premiere
2013 (17th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 18-August 7, 2013 *Canadian Premiere
2013 (23rd) Focus on Asia-Fukuoka International Film Festival - September 13-23, 2013 - Barrier-Free Screening

Awards

2012 (15th) Shanghai International Film Festival - June 16-24, 2012
- Award for Best Screenplay
2012 (55th) Blue Ribbon Awards - January 30, 2013
- Best Director
- Best Supporting Actress (Ryoko Hirosue)
2013 (36th) Japan Academy Prize - March 8, 2013
- Screenplay of the Year
2012 (37th) Hochi Film Awards - December, 2012
- Best Picture

Comments

dea Feb 23 2018 3:14 am it's so funny watching Sakai and Kagawa co-starred in Hanzawa Naoki after watching this movie XD

ovais909 Jun 19 2015 7:11 pm Very funny with good plots and cast would recommend as well :-)

lurazop May 12 2014 10:34 pm wow!!! its so freaking great! Make me laugh all the way till the end! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!! 100/100!

Peter May 03 2013 9:21 am Well What can I say. Saw the latest movie by Kenji Uchida called "Key of Life" Some say comedy does not translate across cultures, but this breaks the rules. From minute one the audience was in stitches even with subtitles. Over two hours but was over in a jiffy. So hilarious. All the stereo types of Japan are here. The director was there to answer questions (it was the SF International Film Festival). Won awards in Shanghai, Toronto, Vancouver and Cleveland to name a few. No wonder. Don't miss it and don't be afraid of the subtitles. You can manage them.

Caroline Sep 13 2012 1:12 am I saw it last night at TIFF. Freaking hilarious. I loved this "screwball comedy". I also recommend it.

ct_subang Sep 11 2012 10:30 am Hilarious!just watched it at an early screening..spakai n teru at their best!highly recommended!

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