Ikiru - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
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Actor: Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Nobuo Kaneko, Shinichi Himori, Takashi ShimuraDirector: Akira Kurosawa
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Asakazu Nakai
Writer: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: S?jir? Motoki
Writer: Hideo Oguni
Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of Ikiru - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: Morality Tale
Summary: 4 Stars
A Japanese language subtitled film and morality tale replete with very interesting cultural features--particularly recurring ceremonial bowing and gestures that predominate. The film is over 50 years old but still conveys some universal and ageless messages about contemporary life. The characters are alternately funny and moving. Much to like here.
Summary of Ikiru - Criterion Collection
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.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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