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Key of Life
Why this pick
Its identity-switching premise shares Captain Kuhio’s pleasure in performance and self-invention, while keeping the humour dry, character-led, and increasingly fond of its flawed schemers.
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MOVIE2009 1h 53m JPN
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Its playful construction and offbeat confidence suit the film’s taste for eccentric characters, improbable claims, and comedy that gradually reveals unexpected human stakes.
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
A warm, low-key comedy about lovable misfits whose grand self-images exceed reality; it matches Captain Kuhio’s affection for comic delusion and awkward sincerity.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I (the first King of Hawaii) and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In actuality, the man is a marriage swindler looking for his next big score.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Masato Sakai
クヒオ大佐
Yasuko Matsuyuki
永野しのぶ
Hikari Mitsushima
浅岡春
Yuko Nakamura
須藤未知子
Hirofumi Arai
永野達也
Kazuya Kojima
高橋幸一
Sakura Ando
木下理香
Seiyo Uchino
藤原