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76% Critic Match
Key of Life
“If your life has you down… try out someone else's.”
7.6 / 10• 2012• 2h 8m•NR• Japanese
ComedyCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Masato Sakai
Sakurai
Lead
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kondo
Hirosue Ryoko
Kanae Mizushima
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Junichi Kudo
Yōko Moriguchi
Ayako Inoue
Sayuri Oyamada
Mizushima Shoko
Hana Kino
Kanae's Mother
Takehiko Ono
Kanae's Father
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kenji Uchida's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Key of Life is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
