Ikiru

(1952)

★ 8.3 IMDb · 1,385 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1952

Runtime: 143 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Акира Куросава

Cast: Такаси Симура, 田中春男, 金子信雄, 左卜全, 小田切みき, 日守新一, Минору Тиаки, 山田巳之助, 藤原釜足, 小堀誠

Plot

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.

Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets about living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the fullest, but to leave something meaningful behind.