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Ikinai

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Women · Comedy · Psychology

  • CountryJapan
  • Production Year1998
  • Running Time101min
  • Format35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
Nine lugubrious men meet on a tour bus outside Naha Airport in Okinawa, joining a tour organiser, a guide and a driver, all of them dead serious. All with debts they cannot pay, they plan to die in an ‘accidental’ crash two days later; the ‘tour’ is a scam to enable their dependents to claim insurance payments, plus, of course, compensation from the prefectural authorities for the ‘unsafe’ road. At the last minute, though, a young woman arrives to use a ticket bought by her uncle, now in an asylum. The organiser Aragaki (played by Dankan, also the screenwriter) has no choice but to let her on the bus. Over the next 48 hours, inevitably, the unsuspecting girl spontaneously reawakens a desire to live in most of her fellow ‘tourists’. But can Aragaki allow the planned crash to be called off? There`s a dash of black comedy in Ikinai (it means ‘Not to Live’), but the core of the film is a surprisingly moving and thoughtful account of the ways people deal with stress, responsibility and failure. Shimizu Hiroshi has been Kitano Takeshi`s first assistant since Sonatine, and this is the first film from Office Kitano not to be made by Kitano himself. Shimizu`s accomplishment here suggests that he will have a fine career in his own right. (Tony Rayns)
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Hirosi Shimizu
Born ins Kyoto in 1964. After graduating the Yokohama Film School (the present Japan Film School), Shimazu started his career in film as the assistant director of Yusaku Matsuda. He became a member of Kitano Takeshi′s staff with Sonatine in 1993. Ikinai is his first directorial feature film.
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  • Director
    Hirosi Shimizu
  • ProducerMasayuki Mori
    Yasushi Tsuge
    Takio Yoshida
  • CastDankan
    Nanako Okouchi
    Toshinori Omi
    Ippei Soda
  • ScreenplayDankan
  • CinematographyKatsumi Yanagishima
  • Production DesignNorihiro Ota
  • EditorYoshinori Ota
  • SoundSenji Horiuchi
  • MusicMaya
  • World SalesCelluloid Dreams
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