Ikiru
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
🎭 Top Cast
💰 Box Office
🎬 Technical Specs
🏷️ Keywords
🎯 Categories
⭐ Featured Review
"I can safely say that I have seen no finer film than Kurosawa's true masterpiece, Ikiru. The story of a dying petty bureaucrat in 1950's Japan, Ikiru is as uncompromisingly honest and beautiful a film as has ever been made on the subject of life. Kurosawa elevates a story that could have been simple melodrama to the level of masterwork with a genuine love of his characters, and with an incredible technical direction. The film's structure accentuates and deepens its many, many lessons on life, and the performances, including a heartbreakingly earnest turn by Shimura are all fl..."
💡 Did You Know?
When Takashi Shimura rehearsed his singing of "Song of the Gondola," director Akira Kurosawa instructed him to "sing the song as if you are a stranger in a world where nobody believes you exist."
🎬 More Like This
📖 Synopsis
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.