Ikinai
a HIROSHI SHIMIZU picture
Synopsis
Nine men, all heavily in debt, embark on a private coach cruise which they hope will end in a fatal crash, leaving insurance pay-outs to creditors and dependants. As the bus prepares to pull away, a cheerful young woman arrives, determined to use the ticket of her recently committed uncle, and unaware of the deadly plan…
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Press
"A stylized, existential road movie."
VARIETY
"An unexpectedly moving essay on the nature of death…Shimizu has created a very unsettling picture, arrestingly original, and possessed of a distinctive, seriocomic tone."
THE GUARDIAN
"Stylish camerawork, deadpan black comedy, and a concern with the value of life and how best to live it…quirky originality. An engrossing debut."
TIME OUT
Festivals
& Awards
Locarno Film Festival
Ecumenical Prize
Toronto International Film Festival
Busan Film Festival
Fipresci Prize
Singapore International Film Festival
Best Asian Screenplay
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Dankan | |
|---|---|
| Nanako Okouchi | |
| Toshinori Omi | |
| Ippei Soda | |
| Youichi Nukumizu | |
| Great Gidayu | |
| Hiroyuki Kishi | |
| Takashi Mitsuhashi | |
| Mitsuo Togioka | |
| Misayo Haruki | |
| Ichiro Ogura | |
| Taro Ishida | |
| Takenori Murano |
| Director | Hiroshi Shimizu |
|---|---|
| Writer | Dankan |
| Producers | Masayuki Mori, Yasushi Tsuge, Takio Yoshida |
| Cinematographer | Katsumi Yanagishima |
| Editor | Yoshinori Ota |
| Art Director | Norihiro Isoda |
| Music | Maya |
| Sound | Susumu Take |
