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25 March 1956 (USA) morePlot:
Kanji Watanabe is a longtime bureaucrat in a city office who, along with the rest of the office, spends his entire working life doing nothing... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Kurosawa's 'Kagemusha' Destined for Criterion Blu-ray (From Rope Of Silicon. 17 May 2009, 12:37 PM, PDT)
DVD Review: Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den (Criterion Collection)
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Kurosawa is Kafka going Kawabata... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Takashi Shimura | ... | Kanji Watanabe | |
| Shinichi Himori | ... | Kimura | |
| Haruo Tanaka | ... | Sakai | |
| Minoru Chiaki | ... | Noguchi | |
| Miki Odagiri | ... | Toyo Odagiri, employee | |
| Bokuzen Hidari | ... | Ohara | |
| Minosuke Yamada | ... | Subordinate Clerk Saito | |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Sub-Section Chief Ono | |
| Makoto Kobori | ... | Kiichi Watanabe, Kanji's Brother | |
| Nobuo Kaneko | ... | Mitsuo Watanabe, Kanji's son | |
| Nobuo Nakamura | ... | Deputy Mayor | |
| Atsushi Watanabe | ... | Patient | |
| Isao Kimura | ... | Intern | |
| Masao Shimizu | ... | Doctor | |
| Yûnosuke Itô | ... | Novelist |
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Also Known As:
DoomedLiving (International: English title) (informal English title)
To Live (International: English title) (informal English title)
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
143 min | Sweden:123 min (cut version)Country:
JapanColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
USA:Not Rated | Sweden:11 | Finland:S | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | UK:A (original rating) | Singapore:PGFilming Locations:
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The literal translation of Ikiru is "To Live". moreQuotes:
Novelist: That's not art. A striptease isn't art. It's too direct. It's more direct than art. That woman's body up there? It's a big juicy steak. It's a glass of gin. It's a hormone extract. Streptomycin. Uranium! moreSoundtrack:
Come On-A My House moreFAQ
What Are The English Lyrics To The Song Kanji Watanabe Sings? (+More Info.)more
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Being one of the Founding Fathers of Cinema, Kurosawa shines to all directions. In his diverse oeuvre it is hard, if not impossible, to find a weak work.
Ikiru is the most humane film of this grand Humanist. Kurosawa's story telling skills are sublime, and he has surpassed himself with this movie.
The slow pace and ditto camera movements (except in the night with 'Mephistofeles' where all is logically much more frantic) enhances the story superbly. What a pity some of the nowadays public can't find the tranquility and maybe serenity to watch a gorgeous film like that. That part of the movie lovers will miss a brilliant film, that would have lingered in the mind forever...