- Country: Japan
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance
- Release: 2012-09-15
- Director: Kenji Uchida
- Writers: Kenji Uchida
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Masato Sakai , Teruyuki Kagawa , Teruyuki Kagawa , Ryoko Hirosue , Yoshiyoshi Arakawa , Yôko Moriguchi , Chika Uchida , Ryôsuke Ôtani , Ichirô Mikami , Kazuyoshi Hayashi , Takaki Uda
- Runtime: 128 min
- Awards: 5 wins & 7 nominations
- AKA: Kagi-dorobô no mesoddo , 落KEY人生 (Taiwan) , 失匙殺手 (Hong Kong) , Chìa Khóa Đổi Đời (Vietnam) , Key of Life , Key of Life (Canada) , 盗钥匙的方法 (China) , Key of Life (Canada) , 盗可道 (China) , Ключ жизни (Russian Federation) , 鍵泥棒のメソッド (Japan) , Key of Life (United Kingdom) , Key of Life (United States of America)
- Plot:
Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor, but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but first he goes to purify himself at a public bathhouse. While there, he meets the very prosperous Kondo, who subsequently suffers a fall, erasing his memory. On a whim, Sakurai switches locker keys, steals the man’s belongings, and decides to pass himself off as Kondo. What Sakurai does not know is that Kondo runs an illegal business, which brings him into contact with ornery Yakuza members. Meanwhile, Kondo has been convinced that he is actually the failed actor Sakurai and he faces the dismal reality of that life with increasing bewilderment. Fortunately, at the hospital he meets the lovely Kanae who, while yearning for marriage, goes out of her way to help “Sakurai” pull himself together. Eventually Kondo regains his memory, but before he can make a new life with Kanae, he has to solve the many problems caused by the theft of his identity.
- IMDB:tt2078599
Kenji Uchida
Director
Masato Sakai
Sakurai
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kondo
Ryoko Hirosue
Kanae Mizushima
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Junichi Kudo
Daisuke Hibi
Yôko Moriguchi
Ayako Inoue
Sayuri Oyamada
Mizushima Shoko
Hana Kino
Kanae's Mother
Miwako Kakei