Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru details the existential struggle of one ordinary man in his desperate search for purpose. Upon learning he has terminal stomach cancer, a low-level government bureaucrat (Takashi Shimura) leaves his job of thirty years without a word to find meaning in the year he has left to live. He is completely alone in the world -- his wife is dead, his son is practically estranged, and his co-workers (the people with whom he has more contact than any others) are little more than strangers. Rather than face a ...
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Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru details the existential struggle of one ordinary man in his desperate search for purpose. Upon learning he has terminal stomach cancer, a low-level government bureaucrat (Takashi Shimura) leaves his job of thirty years without a word to find meaning in the year he has left to live. He is completely alone in the world -- his wife is dead, his son is practically estranged, and his co-workers (the people with whom he has more contact than any others) are little more than strangers. Rather than face a death alone in pathos, Shimura opts to make up for lost time by going to the bar (for the first time in his life), spending every last yen in his wallet and drinking himself to death. There he meets a black-clad artist (a Mephistopheles to his Faust) who leads him on a hellish (and darkly humorous) tour of the city after dark as the two crawl through every booze-soaked juke-joint in town (Kurosawa's classical training as a painter surfaces in this sequence; many critics have noted the striking similarity of the crowded dance hall scenes to the paintings of Hieronymous Bosch, (particularly Walpurgis Night ). Realizing he has missed nothing, Shimura then sets his sight on a pretty young girl from the office to divert his attention from his looming mortality. Although the girl fails to serve as a lifebuoy, she does give him the inspiration to do something meaningful -- to leave a legacy, however small, that makes the world a better place. A synopsis of Ikiru cannot serve the film justice; it simply must be seen. Jeremy Beday, Rovi
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Add this copy of Ikiru (the Criterion Collection) [Dvd] to cart. $16.36, good condition, Sold by GW Spokane Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Spokane, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2015.
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Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Miki Odagiri, Makoto Kobori. Run time: 143 mins. Aspect ratio: 1.37: 1. Originally released: 1952. 2 discs. Language: Japanese. Clean discs (2) guaranteed to play perfectly. Outer case has minor shelf wear. Complete with all artwork. Immediate ship. Thanks for looking! ! !
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Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Miki Odagiri, Makoto Kobori. Run time: 134 mins. Aspect ratio: 1.33: 1. Originally released: 1952. 2 discs. Language: Japanese. (122214CDVD) PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY: This sale is for used withdraw DVD s from Library s circulation (SET OF 2 DVD s MOVIE). This DVD s Contains may be visible Scratches) DVD Case is (Good) Tab s Cover (good) DVDs Holding tab is (Good). Missing Cover pamphlet (no) DVD contains no Marking Apply ON the Discs or on the case. If you received the item and you are not at most 65% satisfied with this item, return the item.
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Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Miki Odagiri, Makoto Kobori. New in new packaging. 2 discs. Language: Japanese. Run time: 143 mins. Aspect ratio: 1.33: 1. Originally released: 1952. Japanese with optional English subtitles. Still in shrink wrap.
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