Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Live Today! Die Tomorrow!

Directed by	Kaneto Shindo
Produced by	Toshio Itoya Setsuo Noto Kazuo Kuwahara^[1]
Screenplay by	Kaneto Shindo Shozo Matsuda Isso Seki^[1]
Starring	Daijiro Harada Nobuko Otowa Kiwako Taichi
Music by	Hikaru Hayashi Yasuhiro Koyama^[1]
Cinematography	Kiyomi Kuroda Yoshiteru Takao^[1]
Production company	Kindai Eiga Kyokai^[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	October 31, 1970 (1970-10-31) (Japan)
Running time	119 minutes^[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (Japanese: Hadaka no jukyusai) 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 and Nobuko Otowa.

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
Nobuko Otowa as Take Yamada
Keiko Torii as Sakie Hayashi
Kiwako Taichi as Friend
Kei Sato as Detective
Daigo Kusano as Hanjiro Yamada

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]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 271.
↑ "7th Moscow International Film Festival (1971)". MIFF. Retrieved 2012-12-24.

External links

Live Today, Die Tomorrow! at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Kaneto Shindo

Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
Avalanche (1952)
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
Epitome (1953)
Life of a Woman (1953)
Dobu (1954)
Wolf (1955)
Shirogane Shinjū (1956)
Ruri no Kishi (1956)
An Actress (1956)
Umi no yarodomo (1957)
Sorrow Is Only for Women (1958)
Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959)
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi (1959)
The Naked Island (1960)
Ningen (1962)
Mother (1963)
Onibaba (1964)
Akuto (1965)
Lost Sex (1966)
Kuroneko (1968)
Heat Wave Island (1969)
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970)
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)
The Life of Chikuzan (1977)
Edo Porn (1981)
Burakkubōdo (1986)
Tree Without Leaves (1986)
A Last Note (1995)
Will to Live (1999)
By Player (2000)
Owl (2003)
Postcard (2010)

Moscow International Film Festival Main Award

1959-1967 Grand Prix	Destiny of a Man (1959) The Naked Island – Clear Skies (1961) 8½ (1963) War and Peace – Twenty Hours (1965) The Journalist – Father (1967)

1969-1987 Golden Prize	Lucía – Serafino – We'll Live Till Monday (1969) Confessions of a Police Captain – Live Today, Die Tomorrow! – The White Bird Marked with Black (1971) That Sweet Word: Liberty! – Affection (1973) The Promised Land – Dersu Uzala – We All Loved Each Other So Much (1975) The Fifth Seal – El puente – Mimino (1977) Christ Stopped at Eboli – Siete días de enero – Camera Buff (1979) O Homem que Virou Suco – The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone – Teheran 43 (1981) Amok – Alsino and the Condor – Vassa (1983) Come and See – A Soldier's Story – The Descent of the Nine (1985) Intervista (1987)

1989 - Golden St. George	The Icicle Thief (1989) Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea (1991) Me Ivan, You Abraham (1993) (No award in 1995) Marvin's Room (1997) Will to Live (1999) Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) The Believer (2001) Resurrection (2002) The End of a Mystery (2003) Our Own (2004) Dreaming of Space (2005) About Sara (2006) Travelling with Pets (2007) As Simple as That (2008) Pete on the Way to Heaven (2009) Hermano (2010) Las olas (2011) Junkhearts (2012) Particle (2013) My Man (2014) Losers (2015)

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