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A big story of a little man which will grip your soul...
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.
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Ikiru
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Takashi Shimura Haruo Tanaka Nobuo Kaneko Bokuzen Hidari Miki Odagiri Shinichi Himori Minoru Chiaki Minosuke Yamada Kamatari Fujiwara Makoto Kobori Nobuo Nakamura Atsushi Watanabe Isao Kimura Masao Shimizu Yūnosuke Itō Yoshie Minami Kumeko Urabe Eiko Miyoshi Noriko Honma Yatsuko Tan'ami Kin Sugai Kyôko Seki Kusuo Abe Tomo'o Nagai Seiji Miyaguchi Daisuke Katō Hiroshi Hayashi Fuyuki Murakami Hirayoshi Aono Show All…
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Alternative Titles
Viver, Vivir, Ikiru Einmal richtig leben, 留芳颂, 活下去, 이키루, 살다, Doomed, Viver - Ikiru, To Live, איקירו, Vivre, Ikiru: Einmal wirklich leben, Ikiru - Einmal wirklich leben, Vivere, Жить, 生之欲, Att leva, Yaşamak, Ikiru - Viver, Жити, Ikiru – Tuomittu, زیستن, Ο Καταδικασμένος, Piętno śmierci, Gyventi, Žít, Élni, 生之慾, იცხოვრო, ชีวิตนี้แสนสั้นนัก
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France
Theatrical limited
25 Mar 1956
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USA
25 Oct 2024
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AustraliaPG
Theatrical
09 Oct 1952
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Japan
30 Apr 1958
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UKPG
31 Aug 1966
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FranceTP
24 Jan 1972
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Spain
06 Mar 1980
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Netherlands12
Digital
27 Oct 2015
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USANR
Physical
07 Apr 2006
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AustraliaPG
12 Mar 2013
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Netherlands12
27 Apr 2014
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Germany16
21 Oct 2014
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Israel
27 Apr 2016
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Australia
07 Apr 2006
- PhysicalPG DVD
25 Oct 2024
- Theatrical limitedPG Re-Release
France
09 Oct 1952
- Premiere
31 Aug 1966
- TheatricalTP
27 Apr 2016
- Physical
Germany
27 Apr 2014
- Physical16
Israel
21 Oct 2014
- Physical Blu-ray
Japan
09 Oct 1952
- Theatrical
Netherlands
06 Mar 1980
- Theatrical12 Re-release
12 Mar 2013
- Physical12 DVD
Spain
24 Jan 1972
- Theatrical ICAA 808850
UK
30 Apr 1958
- TheatricalPG
USA
25 Mar 1956
- Theatrical limited
27 Oct 2015
- DigitalNR
Popular reviews
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"I can't afford to hate people. I haven't got that kind of time."
While I was watching this, I kept forgetting that it was made in '52. Ikiru is an amazing movie, and probably my new favorite of its respective decade. The social commentary, especially in the third act, is spot on... possibly even more relevant today. The black and white photography is simply beautiful, and Takashi Shimura's lead performance as Watanabe is something to marvel over. Rarely have I seen such genuine sadness on an actor's face; it's something that I'll never forget. Essential viewing for all human beings on Planet Earth.
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(NOTE 12/02/2019): This is not exactly my best writing - as I was only starting to develop my skills as a teenager with writing single paragraph-long reviews, but eventually I plan to write a more detailed review explaining why this is my favourite film of all time to take over this space. I will leave this old review up for keepsakes, but I will also include the new text to be visible first in the foreseeable future.
Before I begin, I would like to say that this is not going to be a proper review and I want you to keep the one person behind it in mind.
My name is Jaime Rebanal, and I am a hopeless individual who…
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Not the funniest, but definitely the most emotionally affecting episode of Parks and Recreation I've ever seen.
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as a wise man once said, it matters not what you've done, but what you do with what you've done for others. thank you.
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Life is brief and the world is a dark place full of mummies. Oh look, that one is climbing out of its sarcophagus. Must be faulty bandaging. The bandaging department should’ve taken care of that. Shame on them.
No wait. It’s no one’s fault, he was simply tired of being a mummy. What a beautiful thought, to break free. I should do that too. With similar passion and tenacity. Yes, I’ll do exactly that. But not today. Today exhausts me. Exhausts all of us. Best to lay down. Tomorrow will be different though. Always tomorrow.
Life is brief.
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I'm just a little person
One person in a sea
Of many little people
Who are not aware of meI do my little job
And live my little life
Eat my little meals
Miss my little kid and wife
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Once again I've seen why Kurosawa is constantly quoted by film buffs, modern directors, and lecturers as among their favorites. He is indeed a master of his craft.
This beautiful tale could have been so ordinary...really it SHOULD have been so ordinary. "Life is about living" is no longer a unique thought. You'd find quotes saying as much in dozens of modern popcorn flicks and Pinterest boards alike.
What Kurosawa has done here, though, is take a film that's premise is "What would you do with six months to live?" and instead asked the question "What makes a life worthwhile?" And surprise: The answer is not climbing Mt. Everest, or parasailing, or bungee jumping, or going from event to event…
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Ikiru is a "loud" movie. Compared to other classics that deal with life and death, namely "Wild Strawberries" or "Ordet", Ikiru is less far atmospheric or philosophical than it is conventionally narrative, meaning other than several scenes where emotions outburst, it's a straightforward narration of a story without much emotional resonance.
Then, Ikiru is not solely about an old man's last days after being diagnosed with cancer. A even larger runtime of the movie is allocated to the out-loud accusations of the Japanese bureaucracy. Even at the old man's wake, the supposedly climax of the movie is superseded by each of the old man's colleague accusing their superior of being impotent, so much so you would be kind of glad…
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Echoes of a man’s legacy remaining only through the creaks of the inanimate, impressions lasting on one good person for every dirty dozen. Kurosawa flips Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life on its head in the most extraordinary way, stripping it of its family-fare components and replacing them with bitter truths. Takashi Shimura gives what might just be the greatest performance of Japanese cinema, flawlessly depicting Watanabe’s growing lack of concern for job security or physical well-being in the realisation of what he’s facing, the very essence of Walter White’s ethos. Not only does Ikiru seem responsible for the framework of AMC’s tallest achievement Breaking Bad, the latter half seems to directly influence Lumet’s universally praised classic 12 Angry Men. This…
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It is called "To Live" and when the protagonist decides to do so, people in the background starts to sing "happy birthday", let's just say that even by Kurosawa's "captain obvious" standards, Ikiru is not subtle. Yet, movies are to be lived not read, and Ikiru is so expansive, so detailed in its imagination of that man's final days and Shimura's performance of it so affecting that nothing like that matters. Every underlined image hit like they are fresh and unexpected. Mr Watanabe wounds so real, Kurosawa's in your face approach just making it more so.
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