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Ikiru
生きる
A drab Tokyo bureaucrat who has shuffled papers for decades learns he is dying of cancer, and in his final months desperately searches for a way to make his life mean something. Akira Kurosawa's profound, humane masterpiece.
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Mood
- thoughtful · dark
- Entry
- some context
- Best for
- film history