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Key of Life

2012 · 128 min · Director: Kenji Uchida ★ IMDb 7.3 · 3,159 ratings

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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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Key of Life (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Confusion 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor30%
  2. Joy10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Confusion, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Confusion and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Love

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 57 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor53 %32 %18 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension51 %36 %28 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 16′Sadness50 %42 %21 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Curiosity49 %47 %11 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity53 %52 %21 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity58 %51 %32 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 42′Sadness58 %47 %36 %15 %
37.5 %≈ 48′Tension59 %51 %44 %21 %
42.5 %≈ 54′Curiosity58 %55 %44 %31 %
47.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity59 %50 %40 %45 %
52.5 %≈ 67′Love68 %37 %35 %57 %
57.5 %≈ 74′Sadness72 %28 %31 %58 %
62.5 %≈ 80′Love68 %35 %47 %42 %
67.5 %≈ 86′Tension65 %48 %56 %20 %
72.5 %≈ 93′Curiosity68 %54 %57 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 99′Tension75 %51 %69 %22 %
82.5 %≈ 106′Tension78 %47 %73 %18 %
87.5 %≈ 112′Tension70 %40 %50 %16 %
92.5 %≈ 118′Humor52 %24 %18 %20 %
97.5 %≈ 125′Love33 %12 %3 %20 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MS
Masato Sakai

Sakurai

TK
Teruyuki Kagawa

YA
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Junichi Kudo

YM
Yōko Moriguchi

Ayako Inoue

SO
Sayuri Oyamada

Mizushima Shoko

HK
Hana Kino

Kanae's Mother

TO
Takehiko Ono

Kanae's Father

DH
Daisuke Hibi

Doctor

TU
Takaki Uda

Fujimoto

AM
Airi Matsuyama

Fujimoto's Girlfriend

MK
Miwako Kakei

Details

Directed by
Kenji Uchida
Written by
Kenji Uchida
Type
Movies
Released
2012
Runtime
128 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 3,159 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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