License to Live

License to Live
License to Live
Directed by	Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring	Hidetoshi Nishijima ; Kōji Yakusho
Release date	7 November 1998 (TIFF);
Running time	109 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

License to Live (ニンゲン合格, Ningen gōkaku) is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Cast[]

Hidetoshi Nishijima – Yutaka Yoshii
Kōji Yakusho – Fujimori
Shun Sugata – Shinichiro Yoshii
Lily – Sachiko
Kumiko Asō – Chizuru Yoshii
Show Aikawa – Kazaki
Yoriko Dōguchi – Miki
Ren Osugi – Murota
Hiromitsu Suzuki – Kurume
Kōsuke Toyohara – Doctor
Masahiro Toda – Akira Ueda

Reception[]

Stephen Holden at the New York Times stated that "the metaphysical humor it gleans from the situation marks Mr. Kurosawa (who is no relation to Akira Kurosawa) as a quirky, smart filmmaker."^[1] The critic Tom Mes wrote that the film "strays far off the beaten path, shunning the predictability of your average celluloid tragedy to deliver genuine laughs".^[2]

References[]

^ Holden, Stephen (September 25, 1999). "License to Live (1998) NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS; Emerging From a Coma Into a Beckettian World". New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ Mes, Tom. "License to Live". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

External links[]

License to Live at IMDb

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[Holden-1] Holden, Stephen (September 25, 1999). "License to Live (1998) NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS; Emerging From a Coma Into a Beckettian World". New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[Mes-2] Mes, Tom. "License to Live". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

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