Ikiru (To Live) (NR)
synopsis
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 of significance. After discovering he is suffering from a terminal illness, Kanji becomes intensely self-absorbed until he finds a mission to build a playground for the children in an urban ghetto as a way of coming to peace with his life.
details
Drama
2 hr. 23 min.
Opened January 3rd, 2003
MovieGoer Review
Those who know Akira Kurosawa only for his samurai movies (a genre that includes his most famous titles) may be surprised when exposed to the "other side" of his work - less ostentatious films like Red Beard, High and Low, and (most notably... MORE
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synopsis
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 of significance. After discovering he is suffering from a terminal illness, Kanji becomes intensely self-absorbed until he finds a mission to build a playground for the children in an urban ghetto as a way of coming to peace with his life.
details
Drama
2 hr. 23 min.
Opened January 3rd, 2003
MovieGoer Review
Those who know Akira Kurosawa only for his samurai movies (a genre that includes his most famous titles) may be surprised when exposed to the "other side" of his work - less ostentatious films like Red Beard, High and Low, and (most notably... MORE
