Join us for previews of the best new independent films and studio releases, followed by Q&As with filmmakers and industry professionals.
Sakurai, a frustrated unemployed actor, heads to a local bathhouse to distract himself from his miserable life. When another man slips and knocks himself unconscious on the bathhouse floor, his locker key landing all too invitingly at Sakurai’s feet, his desire for a change of lifestyle leads him to assume a new identity. It’s only after perusing the man’s upscale apartment — and discovering its stash of disguises, I.D. cards and an elaborate firearm — that Sakurai begins to suspect that his haphazard scheme may bring him far more trouble than he could ever have imagined. Funny and touching in equal measure, Key of Life is a perfectly crafted comedy that casts a singular gaze at the human spirit in both its fumbling inadequacy and previously untapped potential.
Q&A to follow with Samuel Jamier, Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival and Senior Film Programmer and Curator at the Japan Society.
