Last Life in the Universe
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Laila Boonyasak
Sinitta Boonyasak
Yutaka Matsushige
Riki Takeuchi
Tadanobu Asano
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The mysterious Kenji is a lonely, obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian's assistant, and occasional suicide hobbyist, quietly living--and hoping to die--in Bangkok. Hiding from an unknown past, the Mishima-identified and moppishly-coiffed Kenji seems determined on a premature rendezvous with oblivion--when first we meet him, he's already swinging by the neck from a makeshift noose. Or is he? If only Nid, the beautiful Thai woman Kenji spies between the shelves one day, hadn't managed to die first. And if only Nid's acid-tongued sister, Noi--who inadvertently begins seducing the suicidal loner back into the chaos of life--weren't leaving for Osaka on the Monday morning plane.
Director
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Crew
Saksiri Chuntarangsri
Christopher Doyle
Charoen Iamphungporn
Fran Rubel Kuzui
Kaz Kuzui
Duangkamol Limcharoen
Choo Meileen
Amornpong Methakunawut
Nonzee Nimibutr
Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Hualampong Riddim
Michael J. Werner
Praba Yoon
Arai Yoshikiyo
Patamanadda Yukol
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2003
Released in United States August 20, 2004
Released in United States January 2004
Released in United States May 2004
Released in United States on Video February 15, 2005
Released in United States Summer August 6, 2004
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-19, 2004.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival January 15-25, 2004.
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival May 1-9, 2004.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Upstream competition) August 27-September 6, 2003.
Released in United States 2003 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Upstream competition) August 27-September 6, 2003.)
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-19, 2004.)
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival January 15-25, 2004.)
Released in United States on Video February 15, 2005
Released in United States May 2004 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival May 1-9, 2004.)
Released in United States Summer August 6, 2004
Released in United States August 20, 2004 (Los Angeles)
