Kenji UCHIDA 内田けんじ

Key Of Life

鍵泥棒のメソッド

Nippon Cinema   ª 

The paths of wealthy assassin Kondo and impoverished actor Sakurai are crossing at a bathhouse. As Kondo collapses and suffers an amnesia attack, Sakurai sees his chance to change his life. He switches their locker keys and takes over Kondo's identity. Soon he finds himself in trouble with the yakuza.

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Key Of Life (NC 2013)

Winner of the Nippon Cinema Award 2013
Winner of the Nippon Cinema Award 2013

鍵泥棒のメソッド
Kagidorobo no mesoddo

Japan 2012

128 minutes

Director
Kenji UCHIDA

Script
Kenji UCHIDA

Cinematography
Akira SAKO

Music
Yusuke TANAKA

About Kenji UCHIDA
内田けんじ

Kenji UCHIDA, born in 1972, studied filmmaking at San Francisco State University from 1992 to 1998. After his return to Japan he made his feature film debut with WEEKEND BLUES, which received several awards at the Pia Film Festival in 2001. His second film, A STRANGER OF MINE, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005 and led to his artistic breakthrough.