Japan Synopsis
鍵泥棒のメソッド
“If your life has you down… try out someone else's.”
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling the shoes of an elite assassin.
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Comedy + Crime in Japan
92 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Key of Life itself).
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
Key of Life holds position #170 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Key of Life premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2664th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
74 audience reviews — more than 71% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (71th percentile) outruns trending popularity (30th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,585 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (65th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #569 of 1,411 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | THE KLOCKWORX |
| Runtime | 2h 8m |
| Release Date | September 16, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2078599 |