Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (裸の十九才, Hadaka no jūkyūsai) is a 1970 Japanese drama film based on the true story of Norio Nagayama. It was directed by Kaneto Shindo based on his own screenplay, and starred Daijiro Harada (原田大二郎 Harada Daijirō) and Nobuko Otowa.

Live Today! Die Tomorrow!
Directed byKaneto Shindo
Produced by
  • Toshio Itoya
  • Setsuo Noto
  • Kazuo Kuwahara[1]
Screenplay by
  • Kaneto Shindo
  • Shozo Matsuda
  • Isso Seki[1]
Starring
Music by
Cinematography
  • Kiyomi Kuroda
  • Yoshiteru Takao[1]
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • October 31, 1970 (1970-10-31) (Japan)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

Michio Yamada (Daijiro Harada), a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people.

The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman (Nobuko Otowa). As a boy Yamada experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.

Cast
  • Daijiro Harada as Michio Yamada (山田 道夫 Yamada Michio)
  • Nobuko Otowa as Take Yamada (山田 タケ Yamada Take)
  • Keiko Torii as Sakie Hayashi (林 咲江 Hayashi Sakie)
  • Kiwako Taichi as Friend
  • Kei Satō as Detective
  • Rokko Toura as teacher Gondo
  • Daigo Kusano as Hanjiro Yamada (山田 半次郎 Yamada Hanjirō)

Release

Live Today, Die Tomorrow! was released in Japan on October 31, 1970 where it was distributed by Toho.[1]

Reception

The film won the Golden Prize at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival in 1971.[2]

See also

References
  1. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 271.
  2. "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2012-12-24.


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