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Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Dir. Kaneto Shindō·1970·2h 0m

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.

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Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970)

Kaneto Shindō

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2h 0m
Cross-source blend ~69/100

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Japan

Ratings

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6.9/10

9 votes

Rating consensus

69/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~69/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Daijirō Harada

Michio Yamada

Nobuko Otowa

Take Yamada

Daigo Kusano

Hanjiro Yamada

Keiko Torii

Sakie Hayashi

Kei Satō

Kiwako Taichi

Eimei Esumi

Torahiko Hamada

Kotoe Hatsui

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Hōsei Komatsu

Sumie Sasaki

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Kaneto Shindō

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