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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.
Ikiru: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Takashi Shimura, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki. A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
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- Drama
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1956-03-25
Ikiru (1952), Film, 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.
- 143 min
- 2.8K
- 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. Read Critics Reviews
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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 in his life. The film explores themes of death, life, and humanism through a nonlinear narrative and a compassionate vision.
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This moment comes near the center point of "Ikiru," Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film about a bureaucrat who works for 30 years at Tokyo City Hall and never accomplishes anything. Mr. Watanabe has become the chief of his section, and sits with a pile of papers on either side of his desk, in front of shelves filled with countless more documents.