Last Life in the Universe (2003) on Netflix
Kenji, a suicidal librarian in Bangkok, keeps precise stacks of books in his apartment. After a young woman dies in a car accident, he meets her older sister, Noi.
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Plot summary
Kenji works at the Japan Foundation library in Bangkok. His apartment holds precise stacks of books, and he makes regular, half-hearted attempts to end his life that the people around him keep breaking in on. His brother Yukio is a yakuza who left Japan after sleeping with the daughter of his employer; Yukio's friend Takashi says he would have had the man killed. Yukio spends time at a club where Nid works as a hostess in bunny ears. Noi, Nid's older sister, is angry that Nid has slept with her boyfriend, Jon. Kenji watches Nid in a schoolgirl's uniform at the library. When a car strikes and kills Nid, Kenji sees it, and he and Noi become acquainted.
Cast
- Thiti Phumornas Jon
- Akiko Anrakuas Japanese Housewife
- Nortioshi Uranoas Salaryman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Last Life in the Universe (2003)
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- The song "Gravity," played over the end of Last Life in the Universe, was performed by the Thai diva Dharini Divari and went on to become a hit.
