License to Live (1998)
- Original title
- ニンゲン合格
- Directed by
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man wakes up from a 10 year coma to find his family and life have moved on without him. He tries to reconnect with people from his past and find a new direction for himself.
slow-burnmelancholiccontemplativeunderstatedquietbittersweetobservational
What happens
License to Live (Japanese: ニンゲン合格, Hepburn: Ningen gōkaku) is a 1998 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kōji Yakusho, the film follows a young man's attempts to rebuild his life after waking up from a 10 year coma. It premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival to mostly positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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