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Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

19706.92h 0m

Overview

Michio Yamada, 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. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.

Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Written by Kaneto Shindō, Shozo Matsuda, Isao Seki
Produced by Setsuo Noto, Hisao Itoya, Kazuo Kuwabara
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Top Cast

Daijirō Harada

Daijirō Harada

Michio Yamada

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Take Yamada

Daigo Kusano

Daigo Kusano

Hanjiro Yamada

K

Keiko Torii

Sakie Hayashi

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Kiwako Taichi

Kiwako Taichi

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Kotoe Hatsui

Kotoe Hatsui

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Themes & Keywords

gunbased on true storyseries of murders

About Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Live Today, Die Tomorrow! is a thriller film released in 1970 exploring themes of gun, based on true story, series of murders. Directed by Kaneto Shindō, it stars Daijirō Harada, Nobuko Otowa, Daigo Kusano. Michio Yamada, 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. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.

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