Ikigami
2008, Film, 133 min, Drama, Sci-Fi, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 66
In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing them that they have only 24 hours left to live. The film follows a young man tasked with delivering these messages, as well as the victims.
Directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto
Cast
- Shôta Matsuda as Kengo Fujimoto
- Takashi Tsukamoto as Hidekazu Morio
- Riko Narumi as Sakura Iizuka
- Takayuki Yamada as Satoshi Iizuka
- Akira Emoto as Counselor
- Ryôhei Abe
- Iseki Chin
- Denden
- Noriko Eguchi
- Jun Fubuki as Kazuko Takazawa
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