Kenji UCHIDA 内田けんじ
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.
Winner of the Nippon Cinema Award
2013
鍵泥棒のメソッド
Kagidorobo no mesoddo
日本 2012
128 分
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.