Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (2008)
In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing them that they have only 24 hours left to live. The film follows a young man tasked with delivering these messages, as well as the victims.
Director:
Tomoyuki Takimoto
Writers:
Hiroyuki Yatsu, Akimitsu Sasaki, Tomoyuki Takimoto.
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Shota Matsuda as Kengo Fujimoto |
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Takashi Tsukamoto as Hidekazu Morio |
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Riko Narumi as Sakura Iizuka |
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Takayuki Yamada as Satoshi Iizuka |
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Akira Emoto as Counselor |
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Yuta Kanai as Tsubasa Tanabe |
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Kazuma Sano as Naoki Takizawa |
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Takashi Sasano as Chief Ishii |
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Gekidan Hitori as Shimada |
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Sansei Shiomi as Nobuhiko Takizawa |
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Jun Fubuki as Kazuko Takizawa |
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Ryohei Abe as |
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Michiko Iwahashi as |
| Directing | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Director |
| Production | Akimitsu Sasaki | Producer |
| Production | Osamu Kubota | Producer |
| Production | Jun Kurosawa | Producer |
| Production | Kazuya Hamana | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Hiroyuki Yatsu | Screenplay |
| Writing | Akimitsu Sasaki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hibiki Inamoto | Music |
| Writing | MotorĂ´ Mase | Writer |
| Production | Daisuke Ooka | Associate Producer |
| Lighting | Yoshimi Watabe | Gaffer |
| Art | Kyouko Yauchi | Production Design |
| Production | Fumihiro Harada | Line Producer |
| Directing | Hajime Gonno | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Yukari Yaginuma | Script |
| Sound | Hibiki Inamoto | Sound |
| Editing | Nobuyuki Takahashi | Editor |
| Sound | Kazushiko Yokono | Sound Recordist |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Shin | VFX Supervisor |
| Production | Shinsuke Higuchi | Associate Producer |