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

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)

Trailer

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