Key of Life

Program Running Time 128 min.

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(Kagi-Dorobo no Method)
Directed By: Uchida Kenji
(Japan, 2012, 128 mins, DCP)

Uchida Kenji’s long-awaited follow-up to After School is essentially a riff on Trading Places with an all-star cast: Sakai Masato, Kagawa Teruyuki and Hirosue Ryoko. A miserable, failed actor grabs the chance to switch identities with a man who turns out to be a ruthless underworld fixer. Touching, brilliantly plotted and timed… and very, very funny. Winner, Best Screenplay, Shanghai 2012.