Ikiru (1952)
- Original title
- 生きる
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 8.3 of 10 from 1,360 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat searches for meaning in his final days. He struggles with the emptiness of his work and his strained family relationships.
movingsolemnintrospectivequietcontemplativetendermelancholicgentlepoignant
What happens
Ikiru (生きる; 'To Live') is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning. The screenplay was partly inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich. The film's major themes include learning how to live, the inefficiency of bureaucracy, and decaying family life in Japan, which have been the subject of analysis by academics and critics. It won awards for Best Film at the Kinema Junpo and Mainichi Film Awards and is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. Ikiru is regarded by some as Kurosawa's masterpiece alongside Seven Samurai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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