Japan Synopsis
ニンゲン合格
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that his family once ran.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with License to Live. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
Drama + Comedy in Japan
462 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding License to Live itself).
The 1997–1999 Japan Window
In the crowded 1997-1999 Japan release window, License to Live sits at #132 of 162. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
1998 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 62 titles released, including License to Live. Bars below show how the 1990s stacked up year by year (447 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 61 other Japan films in 1998.
The 1188th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 14th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on License to Live, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- life · 5
- horse · 4
- fishing · 3
- passage of time · 3
- broken family · 2
- estranged family · 2
- heisei · 2
- reminiscing · 1
- living · 1
- memory · 12
- accident · 11
- coma · 8
- time · 8
- japan · 454
- family · 74
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,968 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (13th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,734 of 1,933 (top 90%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | November 7, 1998 |
| IMDb | tt0197730 |