Key of Life
- Director: Kenji Uchida
- Writer: Kenji Uchida
- Cast: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryoko Hirosue
- Language: Japanese
- Theatrical Release Date:
- Festivals: Toronto International Film Festival
Synopsis: When Kondo, a wealthy contract killer accidentally hits his head in a bathhouse, an unemployed actor named Sakurai switches their locker keys. Sakurai takes on Kondo's identity, while Kondo, who is suffering from amnesia, assumes the impoverished life of Sakuria. The reversal of fortune becomes complicated when Sakurai finds himself embroiled in a hit gone wrong, while Kondo meets the lovely Kanae, an ambitious magazine editor who is looking for a simple, honest man to be her husband. [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]
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Film Movement Acquires Rights to Japanese Black Comedy 'Key of Life'
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to "Key of Life," a Japanese black comedy about identity theft as a desperate attempt at a new life. The film will open in New York in the summer of 2013 followed by a limited national run and a day-to-date VOD premiere.
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