License to Live
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“Am I dreaming? Did I really exist?”
Having fallen into a coma following a car accident at 14, Yutaka wakes ten years later and realizes that his family is no longer intact: father, mother and sister live at different places, so he decides to reopen the farm that his family once ran.
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Cast
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Hidetoshi Nishijima
Yutaka Yoshii
Known for
The Wind Rises
Drive My Car
Koji Yakusho
Fujimori
Known for
Perfect Days
The Boy and the Beast
Shun Sugata
Shinichiro Yoshii
Known for
Tokyo Vice
Ichi the Killer
Lily
Sachiko Iwatani
Known for
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Vital
Kumiko Aso
Chizuru Yoshii
Known for
Pulse
Mirai
Show Aikawa
Kasaki
Known for
Gozu
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Yoriko Doguchi
Miki
Known for
Shōgun
Cure
Ren Osugi
Murota
Known for
Fireworks
Sonatine
Hiromitsu Suzuki
Kurume
Also in
B-Robo Kabutack
A New Love in Tokyo
Kosuke Toyohara
Doctor
Known for
Tokyo Vice
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Masahiro Toda
Akira Ueda
Known for
Cure
Creepy
Michi Yamamura
Ueda's Mother
Also in
Battle Royale
Chaos
Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director · Gary Ashiya Composer Junichiro Hayashi Cinematographer
First release November 7, 1998 · Produced in Japan · Original title ニンゲン合格
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ニンゲン合格
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 7, 1998
Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
Japan · January 23, 1999
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 2, 2001 · Theatrical
Russia
January 15, 2013 · Limited theatrical · Screening of Japanese films in State Museum of the East (Moscow)
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