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Japan. Language. Japanese. Ikiru (生きる, "To Live") is a 1952 Japanese drama 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.
- October 9, 1952
- Sōjirō Motoki
- Fumio Hayasaka
- Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri
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Sep 29, 1996 · A film review by Roger Ebert of Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film "Ikiru", which follows the life and death of a man who works for 30 years at Tokyo City Hall and never accomplishes anything, until he realizes he has cancer and tries to do something useful before he dies. The film explores the themes of life, death, love, and social justice, and the power of one man's example to inspire others.
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One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi Shimura beautifully portrays Kanji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer who is impelled to find meaning in his final days.
- Kanji Watanabe
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. Mr. Watanabe suddenly finds that he...
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- Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Kyôko Seki
- Akira Kurosawa
- Drama, LGBTQ+
Original title: Ikiru. 1952. Not Rated. 2h 23m. IMDb RATING. 8.3 /10. 88K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 3,607. 125. Play trailer 3:29. 1 Video. 67 Photos. Drama. A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer. Director. Akira Kurosawa. Writers. Akira Kurosawa. Shinobu Hashimoto. Hideo Oguni. Stars.
180M subscribers. Subscribed. 561. One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of death. Takashi...
