Is Key of Life easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Key of Life end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Key of Life violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 59% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Key of Life scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Key of Life

Name: Key of Life
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 2012
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryoko Hirosue, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Yōko Moriguchi

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

Directed by Kenji Uchida

Produced by THE KLOCKWORX, TV Asahi

2012128 min7.6 / 10

A darkly comedic body-swap caper that uses mistaken identity and role reversal to explore redemption and self-discovery through escalating absurdity.

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.

Clusters

Action Comedy Outcasts and Misfits Serial Killers And Assassins Mistaken Identity Amnesia and Memory Loss Movies

Genres

Comedy Crime

Keywords

Amnesia Hitman Redemption Mistaken Identity Body-swap Struggling Actor Identity Swap

Questions people ask

Is Key of Life easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Does Key of Life end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.
Is Key of Life violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.
Is Key of Life scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Key of Life sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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