Key of Life

Key of Life

If your life has you down… try out someone else's.

2012•2h 8m•7.6/10

ComedyCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(115)

A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.

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Production

THE KLOCKWORX, TV Asahi, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, dentsu, PARCO, Media Factory, Yahoo! Japan, Cine Bazar, King Records, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Masato Sakai

Masato Sakai

Sakurai

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Kondo

Hirosue Ryoko

Hirosue Ryoko

Kanae Mizushima

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Junichi Kudo

Yōko Moriguchi

Yōko Moriguchi

Ayako Inoue

Sayuri Oyamada

Sayuri Oyamada

Mizushima Shoko

Hana Kino

Hana Kino

Kanae's Mother

Takehiko Ono

Takehiko Ono

Kanae's Father

Daisuke Hibi

Daisuke Hibi

Doctor

Takaki Uda

Takaki Uda

Fujimoto

Airi Matsuyama

Airi Matsuyama

Fujimoto's Girlfriend

Miwako Kakei

Miwako Kakei

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