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

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)

Trailer

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