License to Live
1998 1h 49m movie Film Japan

License to Live

ニンゲン合格

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.

The 1997–1999 Japan Window

162 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. License to Live sits at position #132.

  1. Hunter × Hunter Pilot
    #1

    Hunter × Hunter Pilot

    ★ 9.0 · 1998

  2. Sasuke
    #2

    Sasuke

    ★ 8.8 · 1997

  3. One Piece
    #3

    One Piece

    ★ 8.7 · 1999

  4. Cardcaptor Sakura
    #4

    Cardcaptor Sakura

    ★ 8.6 · 1998

  5. Zoids: Chaotic Century
    #5

    Zoids: Chaotic Century

    ★ 8.6 · 1999

  6. Revolutionary Girl Utena
    #6

    Revolutionary Girl Utena

    ★ 8.6 · 1997

  7. Cowboy Bebop
    #7

    Cowboy Bebop

    ★ 8.5 · 1998

  8. Berserk
    #8

    Berserk

    ★ 8.5 · 1997

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

The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when License to Live premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

5.9
TMDB Rating
12
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • japan
  • coma
  • fishing
  • horse
  • time
  • memory
  • family
  • passage of time
  • broken family
  • accident
  • estranged family
  • reminiscing
  • living
  • life
  • heisei

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