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62% Critic Match
License to Live
“Am I dreaming? Did I really exist?”
6.2 / 10• 1999• 1h 50m•NR• Japanese
DramaComedy
Storyline
Having fallen into a coma following a car accident at 14, Yutaka wakes ten years later and realizes that his family is no longer intact: father, mother and sister live at different places, so he decides to reopen the farm that his family once ran.
Cast & Crew
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Yutaka Yoshii
Lead
Koji Yakusho
Fujimori
Shun Sugata
Shinichiro Yoshii
Lily
Sachiko Iwatani
Kumiko Aso
Chizuru Yoshii
Show Aikawa
Kasaki
Yoriko Doguchi
Miki
Ren Osugi
Murota
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kiyoshi Kurosawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. License to Live is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
