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Ikiru (生きる, "To Live") is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed and co-written (with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni) by Akira Kurosawa. The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest for meaning.
Ikiru: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Takashi Shimura, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki. A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
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- Drama
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1956-03-25
Ikiru Films produces and distributes films of different genres and formats, from international co-productions to animated features. Some of its titles are Perfume, Biutiful, El Niño, Tadeo Jones, El Cuaderno de Sara, Adú and Las Leyes de la Frontera.
Ikiru is a well-acted and deeply moving humanist tale about a man facing his own mortality, one of legendary director Akira Kurosawa's most intimate films. Read Critics Reviews Critics Reviews
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- Drama, LGBTQ+
Ikiru Films is a Spanish film production company that produces and distributes films in various genres and languages. Some of their films include Tadeo Jones, La niña de la comunión, Biutiful, and Pope Joan.