Ikiru
生きる
“ A big story of a little man which will grip your soul... ”
CINEMA1952-10-09
DIGITAL2015-10-27
RegionJP
Runtime143 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Akira Kurosawa
KEYWORDS
dying and deathjapanbureaucracyage differencepraiseofficenight lifesense of lifeplaygroundobsequiesswinglonelinessoffice politicsblack and whiteco-workers relationshipinfatuationwakepublic worksbureaucratthoughts of retirementterminal cancercity parkcivil servantmonotonous lifeaccomplishmentsoffice gossipdepressing
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Peace with Oneself: Releasing Regret & Embracing Grace
Stripping away external expectations—finding lasting serenity through self-forgiveness across the passage of time.
An aging clerk humming on a park swing amidst falling snow; a cellist finding sacred purpose cleansing the departed; a kite soaring into a Kabul sky: "For you, a thousand times over." From Ikiru and Departures to Manchester by the Sea, cinema embraces the courage to forgive oneself.
