Ikigami (2008)
- Original title
- イキガミ
- Directed by
- Tomoyuki Takimoto
- Genre
- dystopian film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 37 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
In a dystopian Japan, the government injects a microcapsule into all citizens that will kill them within 24 hours when a certain trigger is activated. The film follows a bureaucrat whose job is to deliver death notices, known as ikigami, to randomly selected victims. It explores how people confront their imminent death.
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What happens
Ikigami (イキガミ, Ikigami) is a 2008 Japanese film based on Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, a manga written by Motoro Mase. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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