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Ikiru (生きる, "To Live") is a 1952 Japanese tragedy film directed and co-written (with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni) by Akira Kurosawa. The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning.
Ikiru is a 1952 classic film about a bureaucrat who tries to find meaning in his life after he learns he has terminal cancer. The film explores themes of death, bureaucracy, and human dignity, and features a famous scene of a man playing a harmonica on a bridge.
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- Drama
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1956-03-25
Sep 29, 1996 · Ikiru is a 1952 film by Akira Kurosawa about a dying bureaucrat who decides to live for the first time in his life. Roger Ebert praises the film's low-key pacing, the final shot, and its message of hope and inspiration.
Watch the classic film by Akira Kurosawa about a dying bureaucrat who finds meaning in life. Ikiru (To Live) is a 1952 Japanese drama inspired by Tolstoy's novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
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- Jаmes Pangartica
Ikiru is a well-acted and deeply moving humanist tale about a man facing his own mortality, one of legendary director Akira Kurosawa's most intimate films....
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- Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Kyôko Seki
- Akira Kurosawa
- Drama, LGBTQ+
Ikiru is a 1952 film by the legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, starring Takashi Shimura as a dying bureaucrat who seeks to make a difference. The film explores themes of mortality, morality, and humanism through a nonlinear narrative and a compassionate vision.
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Feb 27, 2021 · Ikiru (To Live) is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa and starring Takashi Shimura. The film examines the struggles of a terminally...
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