License to Live
License to Live (ニンゲン合格, Ningen gōkaku) is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
| License to Live | |
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| Directed by | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Starring | Hidetoshi Nishijima Kōji Yakusho |
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Running time | 109 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast
- Hidetoshi Nishijima – Yutaka Yoshii
- Kōji Yakusho – Fujimori
- Shun Sugata – Shinichiro Yoshii
- Lily – Sachiko
- Kumiko Asō – Chizuru Yoshii
- Show Aikawa – Kazaki
- Yoriko Dōguchi – Miki
- Ren Osugi – Murota
- Hiromitsu Suzuki – Kurume
- Kōsuke Toyohara – Doctor
- Masahiro Toda – Akira Ueda
Reception
Stephen Holden at the New York Times stated that "the metaphysical humor it gleans from the situation marks Mr. Kurosawa (who is no relation to Akira Kurosawa) as a quirky, smart filmmaker."[1] The critic Tom Mes wrote that the film "strays far off the beaten path, shunning the predictability of your average celluloid tragedy to deliver genuine laughs".[2]
References
- Holden, Stephen (September 25, 1999). "License to Live (1998) NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS; Emerging From a Coma Into a Beckettian World". New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- Mes, Tom. "License to Live". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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