Key of Life (2012)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Kenji Uchida
	Actors: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Hirosue
	Country: J
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 04.04.2013, Centre des Beaux Arts, BIFFF2013
Synopsis: A loser exchanges life with a professionnal killer after this one loses memory.
Review: This classical theme of life exchange is nicely revisited in this Japanese light comedy. The main theme of the movie is about whether our character is forged by what we own and how we succeed, and the answer is no: the loser is always a loser even with money, and the now poor killer is aways meticulous and hard-working. In the middle of the two main characters, a woman is trying to find a husband which also creates some funny scenes. The movie is filled with such comedy moments that only Japan can offer. Unfortunately I found that the rythm of the movie is (as very often in Asian movies) too slow, and it would have been more efficient to shorten the movie from two to one and a half hour.
Rating: 5 /10