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''Too Tired to Die'' is a 1998 American-Korean independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Wonsuk Chin and starring
Takeshi Kaneshiro is a Japanese-Taiwanese actor and singer. Beginning his career as a pop idol, he has since moved his focus towards the film industry, where he achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. He has worked with directors throughout East A ...
(in his American debut) and
Mira Sorvino Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's '' Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995). She also starred in the films ...
. The film is about a young Japanese man who learns he has only twelve hours left to live. It was shot in June 1997 and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 1998, in the American Spectrum section.


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Takeshi Kaneshiro is a Japanese-Taiwanese actor and singer. Beginning his career as a pop idol, he has since moved his focus towards the film industry, where he achieved both commercial success and critical acclaim. He has worked with directors throughout East A ...
as Kenji *
Mira Sorvino Mira Katherine Sorvino (; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's '' Mighty Aphrodite'' (1995). She also starred in the films ...
as Death / Jean *
Jeffrey Wright Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is well known for his role as Belize in the Broadway production of ''Angels in America'', for which he would win a Tony Award, and its HBO miniseries adaptation, for which he woul ...
as Balzac Man *
Michael Imperioli Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer, and musician. He is best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Ou ...
as Fabrizio * Geno Lechner as Pola *
Ben Gazzara Biagio Anthony Gazzara (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012) was an American actor and director of film, stage, and television. He received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Drama Desk Award, in addition to nominatio ...
as John Sage * Sandra Prosper as Black Soldier * David Thornton as Lulu * Aida Turturro as Fortune Teller 1 & 2 *
Kim Hye-soo Kim Hye-soo (; born September 5, 1970) is a South Korean actress. Kim was one of the most popular teen stars in the 1980s and 1990s. She is known for her headstrong independence and regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women. Kim bega ...
as Anouk * Drena De Niro as Waitress * Ako as Mother * Bill Dawes as Dante * Lauren Fox as Susan * Jamie Harrold as Air France Airport Clerk


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* * * 1998 films 1990s South Korean films American independent films Films about interracial romance South Korean independent films Films set in the United States South Korean comedy-drama films 1998 comedy-drama films 1990s American films {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub