Ikiru (The Criterion Collection) |  | Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Takashi Shimura, Bokuzen Hidari, Minosuke Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Makoto Kobori
Studio: Criterion
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Format: Black & White, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), English (Published)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 143 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: PMIDIKI010D
ISBN: 0780026918
UPC: 037429180525
EAN: 9780780026919
Release Date: January 6, 2004
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Description
In this film, considered by some critics to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest and most compassionate achievement, Takashi Shimura (Seven Samurai) portrays Kenji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer off his existence and find meaning in his final days.
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Blessed with timeless humanity, grace, and heartbreaking compassion, Ikiru is one of the most moving dramas in the history of film. Legendary director Akira Kurosawa is best remembered for his samurai epics, but this contemporary masterpiece ranks among his greatest achievements, matched in every respect by the finest performance of Takashi Shimura's celebrated career. Shimura, who nobly led the Seven Samurai two years later, is sublimely perfect as a melancholy civil servant who, upon learning that he has terminal cancer, realizes he has nothing to show for his dreary, unsatisfying life. He seeks solace in nightlife and family, to no avail, until a simple inspiration leads him to a final, enduring act of public generosity. Expressing his own thoughts about death and the universal desire for a meaningful existence, Kurosawa infuses this drama with social conscience and deep, personal conviction, arriving at a conclusion that is emotionally overwhelming and simply unforgettable. --Jeff Shannon
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