Ikiru (1952)

Not under 12

Reason:Violence

Plot

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

Cast

Takashi ShimuraKanji Watanabe

Shin'ichi Himori

Haruo TanakaSakai

Bokuzen HidariOhara

Miki OdagiriToyo

Minoru ChiakiNoguchi

Kamatari FujiwaraSub-Section Chief Ono

Isao KimuraIntern

Masao ShimizuDoctor

Noriko HonmaHousewife

Seiji MiyaguchiYakuza Boss

Writers and directors

Akira KurosawaDirector

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Shinobu HashimotoWriter

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Takashi Shimura is "Watanabe", an elderly civil service lifer who is told that he has terminal stomach cancer. After years of a disciplined, rather pedestrian existence he now feels a need to emancipa…9. Sep 2022

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Peter McGinn ★ 7.0/10

I watched the English follow-up version (Living) before watching this original, and wished I had reversed my order. I liked Living much more than this original, but since both were written by the same…20. Apr 2023

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badelf ★ 7.0/10

Typical Kurasawa creative framing in the beginning of the movie. The scene of dancers shot through bead curtains swinging in time to the music was brilliant. His choice of Miki Odagiri for muse is br…18. Jul 2023

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Awards

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Takashi Shimura fékk BAFTA tilnefningu árið 1960.

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